Cancellated

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Marked with cross lines; crossbarred.

    "This chamber, he states, "is inclosed with three doors, the inner cancellated, the middle, which is very thick, lined with skins like parchment, and driven full of nails.["]"

  2. 2
    Open or spongy, like certain porous bones.
Adjective
  1. 1
    having an open or latticed or porous structure wordnet
  2. 2
    having a latticelike structure pierced with holes or windows wordnet

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barredcancellatecancellatecancellouscellularclathrate

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"This chamber, he states, "is inclosed with three doors, the inner cancellated, the middle, which is very thick, lined with skins like parchment, and driven full of nails.["]"

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