Sc. and north. dial. [Goes with TAT sb.6] trans. and intr. To tangle, or make tangled or matted: see TAUT v.
1829. Brockett, N. C. Gloss. (ed. 2), Tat, to mat, to entangle.
1887. in Jamieson, Suppl.
1894. Northumb. Gloss., Tat, to mat together.
