Latticings

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. A decorative or structural overlay made of interwoven strips, often used in food decoration or architecture
2. A technique for adding visual interest by arranging elements in a crisscross pattern over a surface
3. The process of applying a lattice-like design to enhance the appearance or structural integrity of an object or space

Etymology: A lath is a thin strip of wood, and this word grows out of that humble object. Old French "lattis" meant a framework of laths, and it came from "latte," a strip of wood, which goes back to Late Latin "latta." The origin of that Late Latin form is uncertain, so the trail ends in the carpenter's workshop rather than in a famous coinage. The ending is the more ordinary part. English took "lattice" and used it as a verb meaning to fit something with a lattice, then added the suffix that turns an action or material into a noun, as in "piping" or "ribbing." Latticings are therefore the interwoven strips themselves, or the pattern they form, rather than the act of making them.

Synonyms: grids, meshes, nettings, frameworks, trellises