RATTER • DICCIONARIO INGLES.COM • Definition of Ratter

... from some passing vessel and had drifted out of sight before her absence had been discovered. He rescued her and took her home, where she was welcomed by his children an made much of. She was a handsome little thing, with cropped ears and a short tail. My father named her "Dart." She was a fine ratter, and with the assistance of a Maltese cat, also a member of the family, the many rats which infested the house and stables were driven away or destroyed. She and the cat were fed out of the same plate, but Dart was not allowed to begin the ...

— Recollections and Letters of General Robert E. Lee • Captain Robert E. Lee, His Son

... ferret, which he offered to bring, and he thought he could borrow his brother Herbert's fox-terrier, which was a famous ratter. ...

— Hunter's Marjory - A Story for Girls • Margaret Bruce Clarke