'Cancelli' definitions:

Definition of 'Cancelli'

From: GCIDE
  • Cancelli \Can*cel"li\, n. pl. [L., a lattice. See Cancel, v. t.]
  • 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 nave of a church, or in a window. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Anat.) The interlacing osseous plates constituting the elastic porous tissue of certain parts of the bones, esp. in their articular extremities. [1913 Webster]