Lath definition

lăth

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A thin strip of wood or metal, usually nailed in rows to framing supports as a substructure for plaster, shingles, slates, or tiles.

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A building material, such as a sheet of metal mesh, used for similar purposes.

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A quantity of laths; lathing.

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Work made with or from lath.

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To build, cover, or line with laths.

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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.

noun

Laths collectively, esp. when used as a base for plaster.

noun

To cover with laths.

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A thin, narrow strip, fastened to the rafters, studs, or floor beams of a building, for the purpose of supporting a covering of tiles, plastering, etc.

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To cover or line with laths.

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Any foundation for plaster, as wire screening or expanded metal.

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lath

Plural:

laths

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

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

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