lath

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. A thin, narrow strip, fastened to the rafters, studs, or floor beams of a building, for the purpose of supporting a covering of tiles, plastering, etc.
2. Microscopic, needle-like crystals, usually of plagioclase feldspar, in a glassy groundmass
3. One of the sharp-edged, thick planks driven forward to hold back loose earth or mud when digging the way through for tunnelling or spiling. Also called a spill.

Verb

To cover or line with laths.

Concepts

latte

liteau

volige

perche

crépi

lame

enduit

Synonymes

slat

batten

lag

board

strip

stave

ledge

ribbon

🎀

shingle

plank

strip of wood

splinter

reaper

scantling

slab

slate

sliver

splint

sunblind

thin board

ticket

🎫

wattle

furring strip

hatten

roof batten

plasterer’s lath

slab billet

single laths

rendering lath

bar

luffer board

battens

chip

cleat

crossbar

fascia

list

listing

louver

molding

moulding

panel

Traductions

Latte

lat

listón

listello

assicella

γρίλια

πηχάκι

ripa

Stab

bepleistering

sarrafo

tabla

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/lɑːθ/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: laththe

Hérité de ancien anglais: lætt

Appartenant à néerlandais: lat

Appartenant à allemand: Latte

Appartenant à gallois: llath

In summary

From Middle English laththe, laþþe, earlier lathe, laþe, altered from Old English lætt (“lath”), from Proto-West Germanic *lattu, from Proto-Germanic *lattō, *laþþō (compare Dutch lat, German Latte) from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lat- (compare Welsh llath (“rod, wand, yard”)).