1) Brass 2) Copper alloy 3) Thin sheet metal 4) Tin in thin sheets
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The term latten referred loosely to the copper alloys such as brass or bronze that appeared in the Middle Ages and through to the late 18th and early 19th centuries. It was used for monumental brasses, in decorative effects on borders, rivets or other details of metalwork (particularly armour), in livery and pilgrim badges or funerary effigies. Me...
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metal in thin plates
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• (n.) Sheet tin; iron plate, covered with tin; also, any metal in thin sheets; as, gold latten. • (n.) A kind of brass hammered into thin sheets, formerly much used for making church utensils, as candlesticks, crosses, etc.; -- called also latten brass.
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(from the article `horse brass`) ...or check its upward movement. The use of these ornaments is of considerable antiquity, but most English horse brass dates from after 1830. Earlier ...
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Lat'ten noun [ Middle English
latoun ,
laton , Old French
laton , French
laiton , probably from Old French
late lath, French
latte ; -- because made in thin plates; confer Italian
latta a sheet of tinned iron, tin plate. French
latte is of Germ...
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Latten (also known as laten, lattin and laton) is a yellow alloy of copper, zinc, lead and tin used for making monumental brasses and church candlesticks.
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n] - brass (or a yellow alloy resembling brass) that was hammered into thin sheets
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noun brass (or a yellow alloy resembling brass) that was hammered into thin sheets; formerly used for church utensils
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A yellow, copper based alloy similar to brass.
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