cancelli Meaning, Definition & Usage

Can*cel"li noun plural
Etymology
L., a lattice. See Cancel, v. t.
Definitions
  1. An interwoven or latticed wall or inclosure; latticework, rails, or crossbars, as around the bar of a court of justice, between the chancel and the have of a church, or in a window.
  2. (Anat.) The interlacing osseous plates constituting the elastic porous tissue of certain parts of the bones, esp. in their articular extremities.

Webster 1913