latten noun & adjective. ['lat(ǝ)n] Also laton, (arch.) latoun. ME.
[Old French laton, leiton (mod. laiton), of unkn. origin.]
A. noun.
1. A yellow alloy resembling or identical with brass, hammered into thin sheets and used esp. to make monumental brasses and church ornaments. Now arch. or Hist. ME.
black latten: rolled and unpolished. roll latten: polished on both sides. shaven latten a very thin form of latten.

2. Any metal made in thin sheets; esp. tin plate (more fully white latten). Now dial. E17.
b. attrib. or as adjective. Made or consisting of latten. L15.

■ lattener noun a worker in or maker of latten ME.

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