lath
/lɑːθ
/ /laθ /noun (plural laths /lɑːθs/ /lɑːðz/ /laθs/)
1A thin flat strip of wood, especially one of a series forming a foundation for the plaster of a wall.That's the condition you will wish to duplicate, and this can be done with slatted frames made of furring strips on which laths are tacked one half inch apart....
- Most ceilings are held in position by the adherence of the plaster to wooden laths, which are nailed to joists above.
- The arch, which frames the stage like a massive soccer goal, was made by master craftsmen using laths and plaster.
1.1 [mass noun] Laths collectively as a building material: [as modifier]: a lath and plaster wall...
- It's finished in the sense that there are paneled walls and not just exposed beams and studs and lath.
- They tested four-person suites with an assortment of options, such as restored or new flooring, restored or replaced windows, and restored plaster and lath walls or new veneered plaster walls.
- Other materials sold by the bundle include things like wooden stakes, lath and wooden shims.
verb [with object]
Cover with laths.
Origin
Old English lætt, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch lat and German Latte, also to lattice.
lattice from [Middle English]:
A lattice is a structure made of laths and comes from Old French lattis, from latte ‘lath’ (Old English), of Germanic origin. The ordered criss-cross pattern associated with the word has led to its application in many contexts, particularly in science.
Rhymes
- the noes have it
- the north–south divide
- theo-
- the Oaks
- the object of the exercise
- theobromine
- theocentric
- theocracy
- theocrat
- theocratic
- theocratically
- Theocritus
- theodicean
- theodicy
- theodolite
- theodolitic
- Theodora
- Theodorakis, Mikis
- Theodore Roosevelt National Park
- Theodoric
- Theodosius I
- the off side
- theogony
- theol.
- the old days