counterlath

counterlath

English

Etymology

counter- +‎ lath

Noun

counterlath (plural counterlaths)

1. (construction) A batten laid lengthwise between two rafters as a bearing for laths laid crosswise.
2. (construction) Any lath laid without actual measurement between two gauged laths.
3. (construction) Any of a series of laths nailed to the timbers to raise the sheet lathing above their surface to afford a key for plastering.
4. (construction) 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.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for counterlath in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)