Hypertext Webster Gateway: "latten"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Latten \Lat"ten\, n. [OE. latoun, laton, OF. laton, F. laiton,
prob. fr. OF. late lath, F. latte; -- because made in thin
plates; cf. It. latta a sheet of tinned iron, tin plate. F.
latte is of German origin. See {Lath} a thin board.]
1. A kind of brass hammered into thin sheets, formerly much
used for making church utensils, as candlesticks, crosses,
etc.; -- called also {latten brass}.
He had a cross of latoun full of stones. --Chaucer.
2. Sheet tin; iron plate, covered with tin; also, any metal
in thin sheets; as, gold latten.
{Black latten}, brass in milled sheets, composed of copper
and zinc, used by braziers, and for drawing into wire.
{Roll latten}, latten polished on both sides ready for use.
{Shaven latten}, a thinner kind than black latten.
{White latten}, a mixture of brass and tin.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
latten
n : brass (or a yellow alloy resembling brass) that was hammered
into thin sheets; formerly used for church utensils
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