[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

cancelli \cancel"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
see also:
cancel 

Cancelli >> C Words
Cancelli, definition of term: Cancelli
cancelli_pag1.html