lath

Example Sentences

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Santo Loquasto’s spare setting, eerily lighted by Jennifer Tipton, includes folding chairs and a background of weathered lath overrun with scripture-like words; his costumes are neutral-toned casual clothes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 17, 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

Readings on lath and plaster can be misleading, though, so if that’s what you have, look for nails in baseboards, which should point to studs, or for electrical outlets, which usually have a stud alongside.

From Washington Post • May 2, 2022

The only way to truly fix it, he said, was to tear out the plaster, down to the beams, inspect and rebuild the rotting lath and replaster the entire ceiling.

From New York Times • Jul. 1, 2020

They emerged through another wall, but this one was lath and plaster on the far side.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin