 5 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
lath
noun: a narrow thin strip of wood used as backing for plaster or
to make latticework
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Lathe \Lathe\ (l[aum][th]), noun [AS. l[=ae][eth]. Of uncertain
origin.]
Formerly, a part or division of a county among the
Anglo-Saxons. At present it consists of four or five
hundreds, and is confined to the county of Kent. [Written
also {lath}.] --Brande & C.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Lath \Lath\, noun; pl. {Laths}. [OE. laththe, latthe, latte, AS.
l[ae]tta; 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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Lath \Lath\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Lathed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Lathing}.]
To cover or line with laths.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
107 Moby Thesaurus words for "lath":
Mystik tape, Scotch tape, adhesive tape, band, bandage, batten,
beam, belt, billet, board, boarding, brick, cellophane tape,
clapboard, cloth tape, cord, cordwood, deal, driftwood, face,
fascia, fillet, firewood, friction tape, girdle, glass, glaze,
gruel, hardwood, lathing, lathwork, ligula, ligule, list, log,
lumber, masking tape, mere shadow, panelboard, paneling, panelwork,
paper, plank, planking, plastic tape, plyboard, plywood, pole,
post, puncheon, rail, rake, revet, ribband, ribbon, shadow, shake,
shaving, sheathe, sheathing, sheathing board, sheeting, shingle,
shred, sideboard, siding, skeleton, slab, slat, slate, slip,
softwood, soup, spill, splat, spline, splinter, stave, stick,
stick of wood, stone, stovewood, strake, strap, streak, strip,
strop, taenia, tape, tape measure, tapeline, thatch, three-by-four,
ticker tape, tile, timber, timbering, timberwork, two-by-four,
vein, veneer, wafer, wall in, wall up, wallpaper, weatherboard,
wood
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