tatter

A rag, or a part torn and hanging: commonly applied to thin and flexible fabrics, as cloth, paper, or leather: chiefly used in the plural.

A ragged fellow; a tatterdemalion.

To rend or tear into rags or shreds; wear to tatters.

To fall into rags or shreds; become ragged.

To chatter; gabble; jabber.

To stir actively and laboriously.

One who tats, or makes tatting.

One who makes tatting.

A rag, or a part torn and hanging; — chiefly used in the plural.

To rend or tear into rags; — used chiefly in the past participle as an adjective.