latten

American  

[lat-n] / ˈlæt n /

noun

1. a brasslike alloy commonly made in thin sheets and formerly much used for church utensils.

2. tin plate.

3. any metal in thin sheets.

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latten British  

/ ˈlætən /

noun

1. metal or alloy, esp brass, made in thin sheets

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Etymology

Origin of latten

1300–50; Middle English lato ( u ) n < Middle French laton copper-zinc alloy ≪ Arabic lātūn < Turkic; compare Turkish altιn gold

Example Sentences

The proper use of these latten dishes was, as I believe, to serve as a laver, carried round at the close of the banquet in old times, as now at civic festivities.

From Notes and Queries, Number 08, December 22, 1849 by Various

Latimer, Latner sometimes means a worker in latten, a mixed metal of which the etymological origin is unknown.

From The Romance of Names by Weekley, Ernest

The recumbent effigies of Henry III. and Queen Eleanor are made of latten, and the tomb of the Black Prince in Canterbury is the same, beautifully chased.

From Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance by Addison, Julia de Wolf Gibbs

Basins of various sorts, but chiefly of latten.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 07 by Kerr, Robert

Brasses, sepulchral tablets of a mixed metal, called latten, inlaid in a slab of stone, and insculpt with figures and inscriptions of a monumental character; the oldest in England is at Stoke d'Abernon, in Surrey.

From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by Nuttall, P. Austin