What does tattered look like?

If something's tattered, it's worn ragged. You'll understand tattered if your dress has been dragging under your car for the last 100 miles. ... Tattered often applies to clothes. If you're a nice guy, you might give your coat to the homeless man with the coat that's so tattered it's threadbare and see-through.

What Tattering means?

(plural) torn or ragged pieces, esp of material. in tatters. torn to pieces; in shreds. destroyed or ruined.