latticework
nounEtymology From lattice + -work.
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A lattice or lattice-like structure; interlacing laths or strips.
- A vine-like latticework of stars frosted the southern sky, and with his eyes he interlinked these spangled vines till he could trace many ice-white resemblances ...1948, Truman Capote, Other Voices, Other Rooms, Part One, 1:
- On the former North Eastern Railway the signalling methods followed for many years resulted in a great number of structures being provided, all of substantial design, with tall latticework posts and sometimes duplicate arms below.1952 February, “New Type of Signal Bridge Near Sunderland”, in Railway Magazine, page 88:
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- Decorative arches intersect the graceful latticework of the expansive ridge and furrow trainshed rooves, woven together by a staggering tessellation of 48,000 glass panels.2023 October 18, Nick Brodrick, “The grand gateway to Glasgow”, in RAIL, number 994, page 32: