LATTENS

Noun

lattens

plural of latten

Anagrams

• antlets, latents, talents

Source: Wiktionary

LATTEN

Lat"ten, n. Etym: [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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition