Lăt'ten, n.
n. [Fr. laiton, léton, Sp. laton, alaton, Catalan llautó, Prov. It. loton, It. ottone, Icel. látun, D. latoen, from It. latta, a sheet of iron tinned, tin-plate. Cf. LATH, a thin board, or slip of wood.]
Sense 1. A fine kind of brass or bronze, used in the middle ages for crosses, candlesticks, &c.
Sense 2. Sheet tin; iron plate, covered with tin.
Sense 3. Milled brass, reduced to different thicknesses, according to the uses for which it is intended;—called also latten brass.
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.
Simmonds.