Antonyms for lath

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : lath, lahth

Phonetic Transcription : læθ, lɑθ

Definition of lath

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 beam : noun length of material used as support
As in board : noun piece of wood
As in rafter : noun beam
As in frame : verb build

Example sentences :

The propeller has four blades which are but little wider than a lath.
Extract from : « Flying Machines » by W.J. Jackman and Thos. H. Russell

She was tall and slender as a lath, very compliant and demure.
Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt

Don't you feel ashamed of keeping as thin as a lath when we are so fat; we who are only women?
Extract from : « Abbe Mouret's Transgression » by Emile Zola

He's a reg'lar little ripper, sir, and as straight as a lath.
Extract from : « The Harmsworth Magazine, v. 1, 1898-1899, No. 2 » by Various

By pulling the string he could spring the lath, and then let it snap back to its place.
Extract from : « The Teacher » by Jacob Abbott

There was no lath and plaster; the walls were made of matched boards.
Extract from : « The New England Magazine Volume 1, No. 3, March, 1886 » by Various

It looked like a lath from a distance, so they got the name of "lathers" from this.
Extract from : « Old Rail Fence Corners » by Various

Evidently the point had embedded in a lath, for the knife did not move.
Extract from : « Jack O' Judgment » by Edgar Wallace

With these words Yussuf drew his sword, and exhibited a lath of palm-wood.
Extract from : « The Pacha of Many Tales » by Frederick Marryat

I am puzzled, as aforesaid, between its likeness to a ball, and a lath.
Extract from : « Love's Meinie » by John Ruskin

Synonyms for lath

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