1. lath - Noun
2. lath - Verb
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.
To cover or line with laths.
Source: Webster's dictionaryIf thou weren't more a lass than a lad, I'd fell thee this minute, I would; pitiful lath of a crater! Emily Brontë
The Mithraeum represented the cave to which Mithras carried and then killed the bull; and where stone vaulting could not be afforded, the effect would be imitated with lath and plaster. Source: Internet
During his holidays and vacations, Lath used to help his father in his textile shop. Source: Internet
The exterior was insulated with bricks between the exterior's unpainted weatherboards and the interior's lath and plaster walls. Source: Internet
Metal lath and plaster, properly laid, forms a reinforced partition wall. Source: Internet