Sc. [Etym. uncertain; Jamieson compares Sw. targa to tear.] A tatter, a shred.
1773. R. Fergusson, Compl. Plainstanes, 86. The weight o’ ilka codroch chiel, That does my skin to targets peel.
1789. D. Davidson, Th. Seasons, 120. Until her apron was sae stent, The strings in targets, flew.
b. Targets of skate, ‘long slices of this fish dried’ (Jam.).
