lath

A thin strip of wood or metal, usually nailed in rows to framing supports as a substructure for plaster, shingles, slates, or tiles.

A building material, such as a sheet of metal mesh, used for similar purposes.

A quantity of laths; lathing.

Work made with or from lath.

To build, cover, or line with laths.

To cover or line with or as with laths.

See lathe.

In mining, one of the sharpened planks driven in advance of the excavation in sinking shafts in loose ground. See forepale, 2.