- 1. n. A kind of brass hammered into thin sheets, formerly much used for making church utensils, as candlesticks, crosses, etc.; -- called also latten brass. Source: opted
- 2. n. Sheet tin; iron plate, covered with tin; also, any metal in thin sheets; as, gold latten. Source: opted
- 3. n. brass (or a yellow alloy resembling brass) that was hammered into thin sheets; formerly used for church utensils Source: wordnet
- 4. 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
- 5. n. brass (or a yellow alloy resembling brass) that was hammered into thin sheets; formerly used for church utensils Source: ecdict
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