lattice, lattis, lat is, latys

[Fr. lattis lath-work, from latte =a lath; Ger. latte.] I. Ordinary Language : 1. Any wooden structure composed of laths or thin pieces of wood cro ing and forming open checkered or reticulated work. 2. A window formed of laths or strips of metal cro ing each other diagonally like net-work. Such windows were once com mon in England. The panes are diamond-shaped and are set with an acute angle upward. "Through the dim lattice o'er the floor of stone." Byron: Lara, i. 11. 3. A blind for a window similarly constructed. II. Herald : A bordure formed of perpendicular and horizontal bars, either interlaced or not. Lattice. lattice-bridge, subst. A bridge supported by a girder whose web consists of diagonal cro ing pieces.