Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Tatter

Tatter , noun

One who makes tatting. — Caulfield & S. (Doct. of Needlework)

Tatter , noun

[Icelandic totur, tottur, pl. totrar, {not transcribed}ottrar; compare Norw. totra, pl. totror, LG. taltern tatters. r240.]

A rag, or a part torn and hanging; -- chiefly used in the plural.
Tear a passion to tatters, to very rags. — Shakespeare

Tatter , transitive verb

To rend or tear into rags; -- used chiefly in the past participle as an adjective.
Where waved the tattered ensigns of Ragfair. — Pope