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Webster 1913 Edition
Lath
Lath
,Noun.
pl.
Laths
(#)
. [OE.
laththe
, latthe
, latte
, AS. lætta
; akin to D. lat
, G. latte
, OHG. latta
; cf. W. llath
a rod, staff, yard. Cf. Lattice
, Latten
.] A thin, narrow strip of wood, nailed to the rafters, studs, or floor beams of a building, for the purpose of supporting the tiles, plastering, etc. A corrugated metallic strip or plate is sometimes used.
Lath brick
, a long, slender brick, used in making the floor on which malt is placed in the drying kiln.
Lath nail
a slender nail for fastening laths.
Lath
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Lathed
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Lathing
.] To cover or line with laths.
Webster 1828 Edition
Lath
L'ATH
, n.1.
A thin, narrow board or slip of wood nailed to the rafters of a building to support the tiles or covering.2.
A thin narrow slip of wood nailed to the studs, to support the plastering.L'ATH
,Verb.
T.
L'ATH
,Noun.
In some parts of England, a part or division of a county. Spenser, Spelman and Blackstone do not agree in their accounts of the lath; but according to the laws of Edward the Confessor, the lath, in some counties, answered to the trithing or third part of a county in others.
Definition 2024
lath
lath
English
Alternative forms
Noun
lath (plural laths)
- 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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1973, Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow:
- The rubble waits him, sloping up to broken rear walls in a clogging, an openwork of laths pointlessly chevroning-flooring, furniture, glass, chunks of plaster, long tatters of wallpaper, split and shattered joists […].
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1995, Alan Warner, Morvern Callar, Vintage 2015, p. 21:
- Lanna says about wishing she was bigger in the chest and I goes that I had nothing to beat there and I was thin as a lat.
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1973, Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow:
Synonyms
- lath strap
Holonyms
Derived terms
Terms derived from lath (noun)
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See also
- plaster
- plasterboard
- gypsum plaster
- gypsum board
- gyprock
- sheetrock
- wallboard
- drywall
- cement board
Verb
lath (third-person singular simple present laths, present participle lathing, simple past and past participle lathed)