tatting

noun

1. the act or process of making a kind of knotted lace of cotton or linen thread with a shuttle.
2. such lace.

verb (used with or without object), tat·ted, tat·ting.

1. to do, or make by, tatting.

noun

1. an intricate type of lace made by looping a thread of cotton or linen by means of a hand shuttle
2. the act or work of producing this

verb tats, tatting or tatted

1. to make (something) by tatting

noun

1. tatty articles or a tatty condition
2. tasteless articles
3. a tangled mass

noun

1. short for tattoo 2 (def. 2)

noun

1. See tit for tat

n.“making of knotted lace,” 1832, of uncertain origin. In French, frivolité. v.1882, “to do tatting,” back-formation from tatting. abbr.

1. Thematic Apperception Test

see tit for tat.