counterlath

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noun

A batten laid lengthwise between two rafters as a bearing for laths laid crosswise.

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Meanings

nouncounterlath (plural counterlaths)

plural counterlaths

  1. businessA batten laid lengthwise between two rafters as a bearing for laths laid crosswise.
  2. businessAny lath laid without actual measurement between two gauged laths.
  3. businessAny of a series of laths nailed to the timbers to raise the sheet lathing above their surface to afford a key for plastering.
  4. businessOne of many laths used in preparing one side of a partition or framed wall, when the other side has been covered in and finished.
verbcounterlath (third-person singular simple present counterlaths, present participle counterlathing, simple past and past participle counterlathed)

present singular third person counterlaths · participle present counterlathing · participle past counterlathed · past counterlathed

  1. transitivebusinessTo fit or supply with a counterlath.

Origin

From counter- + lath.

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APA

counterlath. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counterlath

MLA

“counterlath.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counterlath. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “counterlath,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counterlath.

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