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Lathing

noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Invitation. UK, dialectal
  2. 2
    A covering of laths.
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of lathe form-of, gerund, participle, present

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English lathinge, from Old English laþung, from Proto-West Germanic *laþungu, equivalent to lathe (“to invite”) + -ing. Cognate with German Ladung, Einladung (“invitiation”).

Etymology 2

From lathe.

Etymology 3

From lath + -ing.

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