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latticework |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Latticework \Lat"tice*work`\, n. Same as {Lattice}, n., 1. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Lattice \Lat"tice\, n. [OE. latis, F. lattis lathwork, fr latte lath. See {Latten}, 1st {Lath}.] 1. Any work of wood or metal, made by crossing laths, or thin strips, and forming a network; as the lattice of a window; -- called also {latticework}. The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through the lattice. --Judg. v. 28. 2. (Her.) The representation of a piece of latticework used as a bearing, the bands being vertical and horizontal. {Lattice bridge}, a bridge supported by lattice girders, or latticework trusses. {Lattice girder} (Arch.), a girder of which the wed consists of diagonal pieces crossing each other in the manner of latticework. {Lattice plant} (Bot.), an aquatic plant of Madagascar ({Ouvirandra fenestralis}), whose leaves have interstices between their ribs and cross veins, so as to resemble latticework. A second species is {O. Berneriana}. The genus is merged in {Aponogeton} by recent authors. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: latticework n : an ornamental design made of strips of wood or metal [syn: {lattice}, {fretwork}]
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