spats
nounUK /spæts/
US /spæts/
Spats are short cloth covers you wear over your shoes.
The old man wore spats over his shiny black shoes.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. Small arguments or fights between people.
The two neighbors had spats about the noisy dog.
3. A plural form of spat, meaning a small quarrel.
Their little spats never lasted long.
4. Past tense of spit in some dialects.
He spats out the seed after chewing it.