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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 15th century a lattice or work made of lattices

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Latticework Lat"tice*work`, n. Same as Lattice, n., 1.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Latticework is any structure that is made in the form of a lattice. ...latticework chairs.