Like the sound of loose ropes being shaken and Slatted together, you know.
"The Ghost Pirates"
William Hope Hodgson
18. The south door in the cow stable can be closed by Slatted gates, thus affording an abundance of fresh air and sunshine on nice days, without letting the cows out of the barn.
"Economy of the Round Dairy Barn"
Wilber John Fraser
She was ironically inquisitive as she danced about the white porcelain stove, tumbled over scores that littered the apartment as grass grown wild in a deserted alley; pushed violin cases that rattled; upset an empty bird-cage and finally threw wide back the metal-Slatted shutters, admitting an inundation of sunshine....
"Melomaniacs"
James Huneker