slat

slat
slat (n.) late 14c., "a roofing slate," from O.Fr. esclat "split piece, splinter," back-formation from esclater "to break, splinter, burst," probably from Frankish *slaitan "to tear, slit," related to O.H.G. slizan, O.E. slitan (see SLIT (Cf. slit) (v.)). Meaning "long, thin, narrow piece of wood or metal" attested from 1764.

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