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tattersall

tattersall noun: a fabric pattern containing squares of dark lines on a light background.

Noun

tattersall (countable and uncountable, plural tattersalls)

  1. A fabric pattern containing squares of dark lines on a light background.

Proper noun capitalized: Tattersall

Tattersall (plural Tattersalls)

  1. A surname from Old English.

Forms of tattersall

Noun
pluraltattersalls
Proper noun
pluralTattersalls

Origin of tattersall

From an English place name.

Habitational surname from Tattershall, in Lincolnshire, named from the Old English personal name Tathere + healh (“corner, nook”).

Questions about tattersall

What does tattersall mean?
Tattersall means a fabric pattern containing squares of dark lines on a light background.
What part of speech is tattersall?
Tattersall can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of tattersall?
The plural of tattersall is tattersalls.

Words near tattersall in the dictionary

  1. tatterer
  2. tatterers
  3. tattering
  4. tatterly
  5. tatters
  6. tattersall
  7. tattersalls
  8. Tattershall
  9. tatterwallop
  10. tatterwallops
  11. tattery

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