Lath Definition

lăth
laths
noun
Any of the thin, narrow strips of wood used in lattices or nailed to two-by-fours, rafters, etc. as a foundation for plaster, tiles, etc.
Webster's New World
Any foundation for plaster, as wire screening or expanded metal.
Webster's New World
A building material, such as a sheet of metal mesh, used for similar purposes.
American Heritage
A quantity of laths; lathing.
American Heritage
Laths collectively, esp. when used as a base for plaster.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
verb
To cover with laths.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Lath

Noun

Singular:
lath
Plural:
laths

Origin of Lath

  • Middle English laththe, earlier lathe, altered from Old English lætt, from Proto-Germanic *laþþō (cf. Dutch lat, German Latte) from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lat- (cf. Welsh llath 'rod, wand, yard').

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English latthe probably alteration (influenced by Welsh llath rod) of Old English lætt

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Lath Sentence Examples

  • He sailed to Scotland, and eight days after his arrival died, on the lath of August 1646.

  • The people of the interior are mostly of the old Iranian stock, and there are also a few nomads of the Turkish Baharlu tribe which came to Persia in the lath century when the province was subdued by a Turkish chief.

  • In the first part of the lath century, the criticism of Jewish dogmas and traditions was associated with a firm adhesion to the older Jewish mode of living.

  • Delegates to a constitutional convention accordingly drafted a frame of government, which on the lath of January 1864 was submitted to a popular vote and overwhelmingly defeated.

  • He died at Leipzig on the lath of August 1558.

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Words Starting With

LLALAT

Words Ending With

HTHATH

Unscrambles

lath

Words Starting With L and Ending With H

Starts With L & Ends With HStarts With LA & Ends With HStarts With L & Ends With TH

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4 Letter Words4 Letter Words Starting With L4 Letter Words Ending With H