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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

LAT'TEN, n. Iron plate covered with tin.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: brass (or a yellow alloy resembling brass) that was hammered into thin sheets; formerly used for church utensils

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English laton, from Anglo-French Date: 14th century a yellow alloy identical to or resembling brass typically hammered into thin sheets and formerly much used for church utensils

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. an alloy of copper and zinc, often rolled into sheets, and formerly used for monumental brasses and church articles. Etymology: ME latoun f. OF laton, leiton

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Sheet tin, tinned iron plate.