lath

Example Sentences

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My own report from Dexter was a horror show: massive, insulation-free gaps between interior and exterior walls, revealing chunks of stone and lath that had last seen daylight when James Madison was president.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

The council said there were no concerns about the material, but ceilings may be at risk if the lath and plaster - often found above suspended ceilings - were damaged.

From BBC • Oct. 2, 2024

An acre-sized lath house provided shade for tender seedlings, and an innovative rainwater collection system provided water for irrigation six months of the year.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 26, 2024

Lee points out a nest of bees that thrum inside the wall near the broad main staircase, the hive built amid the exposed lath.

From Washington Post • Aug. 10, 2021

They emerged through another wall, but this one was lath and plaster on the far side.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin