Hypertext Webster Gateway: "latticework"

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) 1.7 (wn)

latticework
n : framework consisting of an ornamental design made of strips
of wood or metal [syn: {lattice}, {fretwork}]


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