How to Use lath in a Sentence

lath

noun
  • Beams and brick were left exposed and, in some spots, so was the raw lath.
    — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Beams overhead are original and show where laths once crossed them.
    — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 24 Aug. 2023
  • On ice, trailbreakers cut slots with chain saws and hammer the lath in with an ax.
    — Marc Lester, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Mar. 2022
  • Lee points out a nest of bees that thrum inside the wall near the broad main staircase, the hive built amid the exposed lath.
    — Washington Post, 10 Aug. 2021
  • Painted on the lath-and-plaster wall were two murals of unknown vintage.
    — Maria L. La Ganga, idahostatesman, 28 Jan. 2018
  • Jack was a durable man and well designed for his calling, seemingly made of slabs, laths, bits of wire and scraps of leather.
    — John Madson, Outdoor Life, 1 July 2026
  • Over time the plaster separates from the lath, creating structural cracks.
    — New York Times, 14 Mar. 2020
  • Some older types of plaster and lath are all but impossible to drill through with anything other than a masonry bit.
    — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 6 Mar. 2013
  • Shannan fashioned the drapery rods throughout the house out of tobacco lath sticks, then added pegs to loop the simple linen curtains around the top.
    — Kelly Ryan Kegans, Country Living, 4 Jan. 2023
  • In the master bedroom, Hebert and Woehrmann filled five trash bags with original lath pieces removed from inside the walls.
    — Contributing Writer, NOLA.com, 18 Dec. 2017
  • 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.
    — Thomas Curwenstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2023
  • Tucked behind a white picket fence, the two-story house features lath and plaster walls, oak wood floors and picture windows that bring garden views inside.
    — Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2020
  • The lath, in particular, is so far deteriorated from water damage that most, if not all, will need to be replaced.
    — Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 June 2022
  • Employees are able to answer specific questions like how to hang a flat-screen television on old lath and plaster walls, or repair sinking steps.
    — Roland Li, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Sep. 2019
  • The project includes replacing all of the structure’s steel trusses, as well as all of its Redwood lath roof, which defines the building’s exterior.
    — Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Jan. 2024
  • In an older home (pre-1960), the walls may be be built with plaster and lath, which is much more difficult and too costly to navigate around, compared to drywall.
    — Timothy Dahl, Popular Mechanics, 22 Jan. 2018
  • One section of wall has been left artfully unfinished, the underlying lath revealed in all its humble, horizontal glory.
    — Jura Koncius, ELLE Decor, 2 Feb. 2023
  • Corbett, a general contractor, used lath left over from renovations at his 1906 farmhouse.
    — Ryan Miller, USA TODAY, 13 Apr. 2020
  • The clear blue autumn sky was occluded by low ceilings and heavy beams; in places, early evening sunlight shone between the unplastered laths of the home’s interior walls, travelling from one room to the next.
    — Geoff Manaugh, The New Yorker, 31 Oct. 2019
  • In homes built prior to about 1960, the interior walls and ceilings would likely be built with plaster and lath, which is much more difficult, messy, and expensive to cut into in order to run the ductwork.
    — Timothy Dahl, Popular Mechanics, 7 Dec. 2019
  • Overhead, wisteria-laden laths shot through with light cast zebraic arrays of shadow, constantly shifting — another Killingsworth trademark that turns the house into a protean phenomenon.
    — R. Daniel Foster, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2019
  • For something grand, something spectacular, head over to the Botanical Building with the Lily Pond dramatically reflecting its wood lath structure.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Aug. 2021
  • The classic, 1950s boarding house, meeting place and tea room is built like a brick with lath and plaster walls, CBS construction and mid-20th century architecture.
    — Hank Tester, Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 2026

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