Tat`ter·de·mal'ion noun [ Tatter + Old French desmaillier to break the meshes of, to tear: confer Old French maillon long clothes, swadding clothes, French maillot. See Tatter , and Mail armor.] A ragged fellow; a ragamuffin. L'Estrange. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/T/14
adjective worn to shreds; or wearing torn or ragged clothing; `a man in a tattered shirt`; `the tattered flag`; `tied up in tattered brown paper`; `a tattered barefoot boy`; `a tatterdemalion prince` Found on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20974