splat

[ splat ]

/ splæt /

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.

Nearby words

Origin of splat

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

Definition for splat (2 of 2)

splat

[ splat ]

/ splæt /

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

The two at the top are suggestive of Chippendale in the ornament employed in the splat.
Chats on Cottage and Farmhouse Furniture|Arthur Hayden
This splat was in many different forms, both inlaid and painted.
Furnishing the Home of Good Taste|Lucy Abbot Throop
The oak form is rigidly retained in all except the back and splat of Queen Anne days.
Chats on Cottage and Farmhouse Furniture|Arthur Hayden
The back shows the transition from the lath back (such as in the chairs simulating the cane-work) to the splat back.
Chats on Cottage and Farmhouse Furniture|Arthur Hayden

Avoiding curved backs, he had not to face 240 the intricacies of the nicety of balance in the splat.
Chats on Cottage and Farmhouse Furniture|Arthur Hayden

British Dictionary definitions for splat (1 of 2)

splat

/ (splæt) /

noun

a wet slapping sound

Word Origin for splat

C19: of imitative origin

British Dictionary definitions for splat (2 of 2)

splat

/ (splæt) /

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

splat

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