1) Cloth shred 2) Lace maker 3) Make ragged 4) Make rent 5) Piece of cloth 6) Piece of material 7) Reduce to rag condition 8) Reduce to rags 9) Rip ragged 10) Rip to bits 11) Ripped shred of clothing 12) Shred 13) Shred of cloth 14) Slang for a refuse gatherer 15) Small piece of cloth 16) Tag end 17) Tear Found on https://www.crosswordclues.com/clue/tatter
• (v. t.) To rend or tear into rags; -- used chiefly in the past participle as an adjective. • (n.) One who makes tatting. • (n.) A rag, or a part torn and hanging; -- chiefly used in the plural. Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/tatter/
Tat'ter transitive verb [ past participle Tattered .] To rend or tear into rags; -- used chiefly in the past participle as an adjective. « Where waved the tattered ensigns of Ragfair.» Pope. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/T/14