lath

Meanings

Noun

• A thin, narrow strip, fastened to the rafters, studs, or floor beams of a building, for the purpose of supporting a covering of tiles, plastering, etc.

Verb

• to cover or line with laths

Origin

• From Middle English laththe, laþþe, earlier lathe, laþe, altered from Old English lætt ("lath"), from Proto-Germanic *lattō, *laþþō (compare Dutch lat, German Latte) from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lat- (compare Welsh llath).