quarrel about an unimportant matter
people expected him and his wife to spat continually
a short cloth gaiter covering the instep and ankle
he would stand outside in his bowler hat and spats
an old fellow dressed in spats and dinner suit
a cover for the upper part of an aircraft wheel
new wheel spats were constructed and the large tyres were replaced by much smaller units
the spawn or larvae of shellfish, especially oysters
oyster larvae attach themselves as spat to old shells