latticing
Americannoun
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the act or process of furnishing with or making latticework.
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(in a composite column, girder, or strut) lacing consisting of crisscross strips of wood, iron, or steel.
Etymology
Origin of latticing
Example Sentences
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Its narrator is an Ohio housewife who reflects on her past, her family and her country while latticing cherry pies.
From BBC • Oct. 13, 2019
We got a sense that this episode would be awkward, but the thread latticing the episode turned out to be much darker.
From Time • Apr. 9, 2012
Our hostess was telling us about living in a hutong�one of the traditional residential alleys latticing China's capital in a dense network.
From Time Magazine Archive
The latticing might be very much stronger than necessary, but it would not add anything to the strength of the column to resist compression.
From Some Mooted Questions in Reinforced Concrete Design American Society of Civil Engineers, Transactions, Paper No. 1169, Volume LXX, Dec. 1910 by Godfrey, Edward
They may see the scaffolding of the great shipyards latticing themselves against the sky, and the granite quarries against the hills.
From The Old Coast Road From Boston to Plymouth by Rothery, Agnes
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