Cancelli

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.


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     2. (Anat.) The interlacing osseous plates constituting the
        elastic porous tissue of certain parts of the bones, esp.
        in their articular extremities.
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