Lexicon Latīnum

Quaere · cancellō

cancellō -āre, -āvī, -ātum

to make like a lattice, cover with a lattice or grid

cancellus cancellī m

one of the bars which, in the form of a grid, collectively constitute a door that lets daylight through; the bars were covered by vēla if it was desired to keep the light off – lattice, grate, grid, bars, barrier, railings