counterlath

Meaning

Noun

• A batten laid lengthwise between two rafters as a bearing for laths laid crosswise.
• Any lath laid without actual measurement between two gauged laths.
• Any of a series of laths nailed to the timbers to raise the sheet lathing above their surface to afford a key for plastering.
• One of many laths used in preparing one side of a partition or framed wall, when the other side has been covered in and finished.

Origin

• counter- + lath