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Grammar : Verb
Spell : lath, lahth
Phonetic Transcription : læθ, lɑθ



Definition of lathed

Origin :
  • late 13c., probably from Old English *læððe, variant of lætt "lath," apparently from a Proto-Germanic *laþþo (cf. Old Saxon, Old Norse latta, Middle Dutch, German latte "lath," Dutch lat, Middle High German lade "plank," which is source of German Laden "counter," hence, "shop"). As a verb, 1530s, from the noun.
  • As in frame : verb build
Example sentences :
  • At times the logs are clapboarded without, and are all lathed and plastered within.
  • Extract from : « Over the Rocky Mountains to Alaska » by Charles Warren Stoddard
  • They found a side doorway of one structure wide open, and stepped into a lathed but unplastered hallway.
  • Extract from : « The Mystery at Putnam Hall » by Arthur M. Winfield
  • Its walls were lathed but not plastered, and from our apartment we had an extended view of the entire floor.
  • Extract from : « The World As I Have Found It » by Mary L. Day Arms
  • It was lathed and plastered, and no air admitted, except what might come through the floor.
  • Extract from : « Mysteries of Bee-keeping Explained » by M. Quinby
  • They are lathed with cane and plastered with mud from bottom to top, within and without, with a good covering of straw.
  • Extract from : « Archeological Investigations » by Gerard Fowke
  • The attic floor is far from being finished; they have not yet begun to plaster it, but it is all lathed.
  • Extract from : « The Royal Institution » by Bence Jones
  • As this house is not to be lathed and plastered, it is not essential that the studding should be at any exact distance apart.
  • Extract from : « Woodworking for Beginners » by Charles Gardner Wheeler
  • Entire ceiling to be lathed with high-rib metal lath securely nailed directly to ceiling joists.
  • Extract from : « The Fairfax County Courthouse » by Ross D. Netherton
  • The home consisted of one large room, not yet lathed and plastered.
  • Extract from : « Eighty Years And More; Reminiscences 1815-1897 » by Elizabeth Cady Stanton

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