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lathing

[ lath-ing, lah-thing ]

noun

  1. the act or process of applying lath.
  2. a quantity of lath in place.
  3. material used as lath.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of lathing1

First recorded in 1535–45; lath + -ing 1
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Example Sentences

A wooden house must first be covered with two thicknesses of roofing-paper, then by wire lathing.

In another room, a shell had sprayed the ceiling, so we had to pull the plaster down to the bare lathing.

Round the cone a strip of thin lathing is coiled on a spiral; could any one stand on these steps and draw the inside of the cone?

The walls are lined with a reed lathing over which mud is plastered.

These specimens are very interesting examples of aboriginal lathing and plastering applied to stone work.

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