Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Tatter \Tat"ter\, n.
   One who makes tatting. --Caulfield & S. (Doct. of
   Needlework).

Tatter \Tat"ter\, n. [Icel. t["o]tur, t["o]ttur, pl. t["o]trar,
   ?["o]ttrar; cf. Norw. totra, pl. totror, LG. taltern tatters.
   [root]240.]
   A rag, or a part torn and hanging; -- chiefly used in the
   plural.

         Tear a passion to tatters, to very rags. --Shak.

Tatter \Tat"ter\, v. t. [p. p. {Tattered}.]
   To rend or tear into rags; -- used chiefly in the past
   participle as an adjective.

         Where waved the tattered ensigns of Ragfair. --Pope.

Source : WordNet®

tatter
     n : a small piece of cloth or paper [syn: {rag}, {shred}, {tag},
          {tag end}]