Counterlath
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Counterlath is a noun meaning A batten laid lengthwise between two rafters as a bearing for laths laid crosswise.
Meaning
A batten laid lengthwise between two rafters as a bearing for laths laid crosswise.
More Meanings
- Any lath laid without actual measurement between two gauged laths.
- Any of a series of laths nailed to the timbers to raise the sheet lathing above their surface to afford a key for plastering.
- One of many laths used in preparing one side of a partition or framed wall, when the other side has been covered in and finished.
- (transitive) To fit or supply with a counterlath.
Word Forms
- counterlaths
- counterlathing
- counterlathed
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include counterbatten, batten, lattice, clamp, crossbeam, latch.
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