‖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 ]
[おくら;オクラ, okura ; okura](n) (1) (See 蔵・くら) shelving (a play, movie, etc.); closing down; cancelling; canceling; the shelf; (2) rice storehouse of the Edo shogunate[Add to Longdo]