latticing

[ lat-uh-sing ]

noun

1. the act or process of furnishing with or making latticework.
2. latticework.
3. (in a composite column, girder, or strut) lacing consisting of crisscross strips of wood, iron, or steel.

Word History and Origins

Origin of latticing¹

First recorded in 1880–85; lattice + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

Its narrator is an Ohio housewife who reflects on her past, her family and her country while latticing cherry pies.

From BBC

We got a sense that this episode would be awkward, but the thread latticing the episode turned out to be much darker.

From Time

The windows, which in former times had been constantly broken with tennis balls in a game known as "shed cricket," were protected with wire latticing, and this served to obscure the struggling moonbeams which faintly illuminated the farther end of the building.

From Project Gutenberg

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

They may see the scaffolding of the great shipyards latticing themselves against the sky, and the granite quarries against the hills.

From Project Gutenberg