[slat] 
noun, verb, slat⋅ted, slat⋅ting.| 1. | a long thin, narrow strip of wood, metal, etc., used as a support for a bed, as one of the horizontal laths of a Venetian blind, etc. |
| 2. | Aeronautics. a control surface along the leading edge of a wing that can be extended forward to create a gap (slot) to improve airflow. |
| 3. | slats, Slang.
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| 4. | to furnish or make with slats. |
[slat] verb, slat⋅ted, slat⋅ting, noun Chiefly British Dialect| 1. | to throw or dash with force. |
| 2. | to flap violently, as sails. |
| 3. | a slap; a sharp blow. |
| slat (slāt) n.
To provide or make with slats: slatting the back of a chair. [Middle English sclat, from Old French esclat, splinter, probably of Germanic origin.] |