Laths

Laths for temporary bracing need to be provided and fixed to the truss members with nails.

4 TIMBER TRUSSES 1999

Laths of 0.04 m × 0.03 m are suitable for such intervals.

Chapter 10 1992

Laths at the Mouth of the Hive, and has left Spaces between them barely wide enough for the small Bees to creep through.

John Adams diary 45, 24 - 28 July 1786 1961

Laths and shingles are ordered by the bundle to cover a certain area. 1000 4 "shingles (= 4 bundles) cover 110 sq.ft. with 4" weather exposure. 100 laths (1 bundle) each

Handwork in Wood William Noyes

Laths, plaster, tiles and beams lay on the floor above and in the midst of the jumble was a shattered telescope still moist with the blood of men.

The Red Horizon Patrick MacGill 1926

Laths, lumber, and bunches of shingles were ripped loose and went into the sea.

Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 Holman Day 1900

There I saw ye Card they use to Comb and dress the Bayes, wch they Call ym testles, wch are a kind of Rush tops or something Like them wch they put in frames or Laths of wood.

Through England on a Side Saddle in the Time of William and Mary 1888

Thence we went to Ashburn 16 miles where I saw some of their Copper mines where they dig them like a well, but secure ye side wth wood and turffe bound wth ye wood like Laths or frames aCross and long wayes to secure it.

Through England on a Side Saddle in the Time of William and Mary 1888

Laths were introduced from stem to stern instead of planks -- they were provided with a gunwhale or edging which, though slight, added strength to the fabric -- the whole was covered on the outside with deer skins sewed together and fastened by stitching the edges round the gunwhale.

Lecture on the Aborigines of Newfoundland Delivered Before the Mechanics' Institute, at St. John's, Newfoundland, on Monday, 17th January, 1859 Joseph Noad 1860

Refuse shingles for roof sides 4.00 Laths 1.25 Two second-hand windows — with glass 2.43 One thousand old brick 4.00 Two casks of lime 2.40 That was high.

Walden~ Chapter 01 (historical) 1854