A historic weapon that was mounted upon ships in the mid 18th century. Used commonly by pirates and even the British Navy at one point, in an effort to counter the pirates advanced weaponry. The "Gatter" is a canon designed to shoot wooden-barrels that would shatter upon contact, sending wood shrapnel speeding in all directions. The barrels were filled with turtles. The purpose of the turtles was to make the ground on the ships near impossible to walk on, however, the turtles shot everywhere much like the wood shards did.
First Mate: "Black Beard sir, they're everywhere!"
Black Beard: "Aye, LOAD THA GATTER YE SCALLYWAGS!"
Gatty or Gatté comes from the verb 'to catch gat'. It derives from tha ancient proverb of Mattgatty Turner. Gatty or Gatté covers a whole range of words including, fanny, minge, flesh mesh, bearded oyster, yawning donkey, stench trench, spam purse, wizards sleeve and so on.
Many locals from the Southwest region regularly go 'gatty hunting' where they search out all forms of gatty big or small and pursue the gatty until the deal is done.
'I saw some great Gatty/Gatté last night' = I saw some fit girls last night that I would like to be in.
'The Gatty/Gatté hunt is on for Saturday night, bring your wellies or waders, we could be going in deep!' = We are on the hunt for ladies on saturday, bring your fucking A game!