Lath definition
A thin strip of wood or metal, usually nailed in rows to framing supports as a substructure for plaster, shingles, slates, or tiles.
noun
A building material, such as a sheet of metal mesh, used for similar purposes.
noun
A quantity of laths; lathing.
noun
Work made with or from lath.
noun
To build, cover, or line with laths.
verb
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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.
verb
Any foundation for plaster, as wire screening or expanded metal.
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun
Singular:
lath
Plural:
lathsOrigin of lath
- 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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