latilla

la·til·la

 (lä-tē′yə)
n. Southwestern US
A usually peeled limb or stick used as a ceiling material, as between beams or vigas.

[American Spanish, diminutive of Spanish lata, small stick, from Vulgar Latin *latta, of Germanic origin.]
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latilla

(ləˈtiːə)
n
(Building) US and Canadian one of a number of sticks or small branches, usually of stripped pine, cedar or aspen, laid across the main beams to form a ceiling
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Mario nel 1929); (23) "Son tutte belle le mamme del mondo" (canzone di Gino Latilla e Giorgio Consolini, vincitrice al Festival di San Remo nel 1954); (24) "Sono una donna non sono una santa" (l'implorazione di Rossana Fratello nel 1971); (25) e infine, "E adesso spogliati come sai fare tu" (famosissima ringhiata di Riccardo Cocciante in "Bella senz'anima" del 1974).
I started out as a Quantity Surveyor for McIntosh Latilla Carrier & Laing back in 1987, and my responsibilities included working on hotel developments in Southern Africa and the Indian Ocean Islands.
The exact same pioneering theme, in fact, began last night, when the RLPO string quartet played a previously unknown work by Gaetano Latilla. Vivaldi's successor as teacher at a Venetian girls' school.
One of the markets for these poles is viga latilla ceilings, which are common in Southwest architecture (Fig.
Another managed to toss flaming kerosene-soaked rags onto the dirt and latilla (branch) roof.
McIntosh Latilla Carrier and Laing, in association with Bham Tayob Khan, were responsible for budgeting, cost control and contract administration of the lodge.
Vinci, Rinaldo di Capua, Bernasconi, Leo, Latilla, Orlandini, Sarri, Galuppi, Broschi, Lampugnani, Araia, Mazzoni' and others.(23) Gray's letters in subsequent years record his continuing absorption with music.(24) Given his passion for vocal music, it is not surprising that the music for 'The Bard' was designed, as Mason says, 'by way of serenata or oratorio', the former an Italian version of cantata, usually combining recitatives and arias.(25)