Lat

Quick meaning: Lat is a noun meaning (weaponry, rare) A staff, particularly one of an Indian kind.

Meaning

(weaponry, rare) A staff, particularly one of an Indian kind.

More Meanings

1. (architecture) A monumental pillar, particularly the Buddhist columns erected in East India.
2. (UK slang, usually in the plural) A latrine: a rudimentary or military facility for urination and defecation.
3. (numismatics, historical) The floating fiat monetary unit of Latvia from 1992 until January 2014, when it was replaced by the euro.
4. A coin or bill of either currency.
5. (geography, informal) Clipping of latitude.
6. (numismatics, historical) The gold-backed monetary unit of Latvia from August 1922 until April 1941, when it was replaced by the Soviet ruble; it was typically pegged at about 25 to the British pound.
7. (slang, usually in the plural) A latissimus dorsi muscle.

Example Sentences

Other synonyms [sc. for lavatories] are rears, lats... and dubs.

A high pillar of stone called Bheem-lat, or the Tealee, or oilman's lat or staff.

At Salisbury Plain and Camberley in 1909/10 I learnt a number of camping expressions like... lats (latrines).

Word Forms

• lats
• lath

Synonyms for lat

Depending on context, synonyms include lats, bathroom, latrine, necessarium, toilet, toilet room.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include latitude, pulldown, leeway, flexibility, discretion, ter.

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