Lath

Noun

 * 1) 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.



Thesaurus
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

Etymology
laththe:, earlier lathe:, altered from lætt:, from  (cf. Dutch lat:, German Latte:) from  (cf. Welsh llath: 'rod, wand, yard').

Synonyms

 * lath strap

Derived terms

 * lath strapping
 * 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 board
 * lath plaster
 * lath and plaster / plaster and lath
 * lathy

Anagrams

 * halt