lath
1 synonym for lath, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — A thin strip of wood fixed to a building's frame to hold up plaster or tiles.
Synonyms
Rare, literary or technical
Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.
Etymology
This word comes from Middle English laththe, laþþe, earlier lathe, laþe, an altered form of Old English lætt (“lath”), from Proto-West Germanic *lattu, from Proto-Germanic *laþô (compare Dutch lat, German Latte), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lat- (compare Welsh llath (“rod, wand, yard”)).
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