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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A batten laid lengthwise between two rafters as a bearing for laths laid crosswise.
2. 2
   Any lath laid without actual measurement between two gauged laths.
3. 3
   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. 4
   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.

Verb

1. 1
   To fit or supply with a counterlath. transitive

Etymology

From counter- + lath.

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