Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sloat"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sloat \Sloat\, n. [See {Slot} a bar.]
A narrow piece of timber which holds together large pieces; a
slat; as, the sloats of a cart.
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