lath

Meaning

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.

slat

strip of wood

thin board

furring strip

hatten

roof batten

plasterer’s lath

slab billet

single laths

rendering lath

luffer board

Pronounced as (IPA)

/lɑːθ/

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”)).