splat

[splat]

noun

Also splad. a broad, flat piece of wood, either pierced or solid, forming the center upright part of a chair back or the like.
a batten for covering joints between sheets of wallboard; panel strip.

Origin of splat

1825–35; origin uncertain; compare Old English splātan to split

splat

[splat]

noun

a sound made by splattering or slapping.

Origin of splat

First recorded in 1895–1900; back formation from splatter

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Examples from the Web for splat

Historical Examples of splat

The splat, with its varying forms, denotes the date of the chair.
Chats on Cottage and Farmhouse Furniture
Arthur Hayden
The stretchers across the two legs are half way up and are the Yorkshire form of splat stretcher.
Chats on Cottage and Farmhouse Furniture
Arthur Hayden
Exhibiting florid turning and Yorkshire type of splat stretchers.
Chats on Cottage and Farmhouse Furniture
Arthur Hayden
With sunk seat for squab cushion, turned uprights and legs and curious back, showing transition from lath back to splat back.
Chats on Cottage and Farmhouse Furniture
Arthur Hayden
It was therefore natural that in the farmhouse examples the plain Dutch splat would readily find favour as more easily executed.
Chats on Cottage and Farmhouse Furniture
Arthur Hayden

British Dictionary definitions for splat

splat

noun

a wet slapping sound

Word Origin for splat

C19: of imitative origin

splat

noun

a wide flat piece of wood, esp one that is the upright central part of a chair back

Word Origin for splat

C19: perhaps related to Old English splātan to split

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Word Origin and History for splat

"to land with a smacking sound," 1897, probably of imitative origin.