Sentence:  It was now in ruin: the deer had climbed the broken palings, and reposed among the flowers; grass grew on the threshold, and the swinging <WSD>lattice</WSD> creaking to the wind, gave signal of utter desertion. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A flat panel constructed with widely-spaced crossed thin strips of wood or other material, commonly used as a garden trellis.