lath
noun
a thin, narrow strip of wood, used with other strips to form latticework, a backing for plaster or stucco, a support for slates and other roofing materials, etc.
were lathing
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past progressiveof lath.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
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past progressiveof lathe.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
lathenouna machine for use in working wood, metal, etc., that holds the material and rotates it about a horizontal axis against a tool that shapes it.
Example Sentences
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I watched it for twenty minutes one day—it was when they were lathing the big front room downstairs, the library, and my brain began to reel as if I were intoxicated.
From The House An Episode in the Lives of Reuben Baker, Astronomer, and of His Wife, Alice by Field, Eugene
