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lattice-work
Wood or metal work consisting of crossing strips with small openings; = lattice n. 1. Also, something resembling this.
1487Will in Paston Lett. III. 465 A nother towell of latise werk. 1600Surflet Country Farm 509 The latice worke or climing and running frames made for the vine. 1664Power Exp. Philos. i. 25 The like curious Lattice⁓work I have also observ'd in the crustaceous Cornea of the Creckets Eye. 1784Cowper Task i. 42 The cane..severed into stripes That interlaced each other, these supplied Of texture firm a lattice-work. 1838Thirlwall Greece III. xx. 145 It..was guarded on either side by a strong lattice⁓work of forest timber. 1853Sir H. Douglas Milit. Bridges (ed. 3) 340 The bow-and-tie construction is thought to be superior in strength to lattice-work..for a bridge. |