#slat__spline  a thin strip (wood or metal)
  supertype:  strip  thin piece of wood or metal
  part of:  Venetian_blind
  subtype:  lath  a narrow thin strip of wood used as backing for plaster or to make latticework
  subtype:  louver__louvre__fin  one of a set of parallel slats in a door or window to admit air and reject rain
  subtype:  splat  a slat of wood in the middle of the back of a straight chair
  subtype:  lag__stave  one of several thin slats of wood forming the sides of a barrel or bucket

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