Thin, narrow, flat pieces of a hard material like wood or plastic that are used to cover roofs or walls.
Slatings are important for keeping the rain out of a building.
Examples:
The roof is covered with gray slatings.
We need to replace the old slatings on the shed.
The wind blew some of the slatings off the house.
The cat likes to sit on the warm slatings.
The slatings on the barn are as old as my grandpa.
The slatings make a clacking sound when it rains.