slathn.
/slaθ/ = slat n.1 5a.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from other vegetable fibres > [noun] > randed work or basketry > foundation or skeleton
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1875 Encycl. Brit. III. 423/1 The whole now forms what is technically called the slath, which is the foundation of the basket.
1906 ‘M. Corelli’ Treasure of Heaven 288 He..was now patiently mastering the technical business of forming a ‘slath’.
1949 K. S. Woods Rural Crafts Eng. iii. x. 162 A base is woven first, called in the Midlands a ‘slath’.
1968 J. Arnold Shell Bk. Country Crafts 257 A round or oval one [sc. base] is started with the ‘slath’, an interlaced cross-work of rods of at least four each way, around which the weaving begins.
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