Obs. exc. dial. [? short for CLATTER. cf. chat, chatter.]
† 1. ? To rattle, strike noisily. Obs.
c. 1325. E. E. Allit. P., B. 839. With kene clobbez of þat clos þay clatz on þe wowez [but ? error for clatre].
2. To chatter, prate, tattle, ‘tell tales.’
1863. Atkinson, Provinc. Danby, Yorksh., Clat, to talk fast, with but little meaning: to chatter or prate.
1876. Mid-Yorksh. Gloss., Clat, to prate noisily.
1879. Shropsh. Word-bk., Clat, to tattle; to propagate idle tales.
1884. Cheshire Gloss., Clat, to tell tales of a person.
Clat, variant of CLAUT v., CLART v.
