lath

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a thin narrow strip of wood used as a base for plaster or tiles

   The old wall was built of lath and plaster over a timber frame.

Simplified etymology

Lath is an Old English word of Germanic origin. Its Old French counterpart latte produced lattis, the source of English lattice.

From Old English lætt ('lath, beam'), from Proto-Germanic *laþþō, of uncertain ultimate origin.

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