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What is the noun for lath?

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lathe
  1. A machine tool used to shape a piece of material, or workpiece, by rotating the workpiece against a cutting tool.
  2. The movable swing frame of a loom, carrying the reed for separating the warp threads and beating up the weft; a lay, or batten.
  3. (obsolete) A granary; a barn.
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lath
  1. A thin, narrow strip, fastened to the rafters, studs, or floor beams of a building, for the purpose of supporting a covering of tiles, plastering, etc.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The carpenter carefully installed every lath, ensuring strong support for the plaster walls.”
lathe
  1. (obsolete) An administrative division of the county of Kent, in England, from the Anglo-Saxon period until it fell entirely out of use in the early twentieth century.
  2. Synonyms:
lathing
lathwork
  1. A covering of laths.
  2. Synonyms:
lathworks
lathings
lathes
laths
  1. plural of lath
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Most ceilings are held in position by the adherence of the plaster to wooden laths, which are nailed to joists above.”
      “The shell consists of two double layers of 40 x 20 mm softwood laths at 400 mm centres pin-jointed together with more than 1000 bolts.”
      “The arch, which frames the stage like a massive soccer goal, was made by master craftsmen using laths and plaster.”
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