lath and plaster

Noun

Meaning

a building material consisting of thin strips of wood that provide a foundation for a coat of plaster

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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

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

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