lath

Example Sentences

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My own report from Dexter was a horror show: massive, insulation-free gaps between interior and exterior walls, revealing chunks of stone and lath that had last seen daylight when James Madison was president.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

The DfE previously said it was liaising with the county council for updates and there was "no evidence of there being systematic issues with lath and plaster".

From BBC • Oct. 18, 2024

The heavy plaster, mixed with Portland cement, more than three inches thick and applied to a lath of chicken wire, required an ax to break through.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2023

Lee points out a nest of bees that thrum inside the wall near the broad main staircase, the hive built amid the exposed lath.

From Washington Post • Aug. 10, 2021

The dining table was a smooth piece of lath supported on both ends by stones.

From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien