Lath
[lɑːθ;læθ] or [læθ]
Definition
(noun.) a narrow thin strip of wood used as backing for plaster or to make latticework.
Checker: Phelps--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) 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.
(v. t.) To cover or line with laths.
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Examples
- Select a dry, shady spot; dig a ditch for carrying off the waste water, and over it place a lath-work. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- He's as thin as a lath. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- In place of these, he was equipped with a sword of lath, resembling that with which Harlequin operates his wonders upon the modern stage. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- A lath-and-plaster partition had been run across the passage six feet from the end, with a door cunningly concealed in it. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- I hear him a-knockin' his head again the lath and plaster now. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The toboggan is constructed in Canada of flat laths. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
Edited by Cathryn