LATTEN

latten. Latten, n. iron plate covered with tin

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Lat″ten (?), n. [[OE. latoun, laton, OF. laton, F. laiton, prob. fr. OF. late lath, F. latte; — because made in thin plates; cf. It. latta a sheet of tinned iron, tin plate. F. latte is of German origin. See Lath a thin board.]] 1. 1. A kind of brass hammered into thin sheets, formerly much used for making church utensils, as candlesticks, crosses, etc.; — called also latten brass.
He had a cross of latoun full of stones. Chaucer. 2. 2. Sheet tin; iron plate, covered with tin; also, any metal in thin sheets; as, gold latten.
Black latten, brass in milled sheets, composed of copper and zinc, used by braziers, and for drawing into wire. — Roll latten, latten polished on both sides ready for use. — Shaven latten, a thinner kind than black latten. — White latten, a mixture of brass and tin.