All 4 Uses of
lattice
in
The Scarlet Letter
- They approached the door, which was of an arched form, and flanked on each side by a narrow tower or projection of the edifice, in both of which were lattice-windows, the wooden shutters to close over them at need.†
Chpt 7
- As they descended the steps, it is averred that the lattice of a chamber-window was thrown open, and forth into the sunny day was thrust the face of Mistress Hibbins, Governor Bellingham's bitter-tempered sister, and the same who, a few years later, was executed as a witch.†
Chpt 8
- She thrust forth her head from the lattice, and looked anxiously upward.†
Chpt 12 *
- It threw a gleam of recognition, on here a post, and there a garden fence, and here a latticed window-pane, and there a pump, with its full trough of water, and here again an arched door of oak, with an iron knocker, and a rough log for the door-step.†
Chpt 12
Definition:
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(lattice) an object or pattern made from crisscrossing two sets of lines -- leaving diamond- or square-shaped spaces where they do not overlap
or:
an arrangement of points or particles or objects in a regular periodic pattern