lath

Example Sentences

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Santo Loquasto’s spare setting, eerily lighted by Jennifer Tipton, includes folding chairs and a background of weathered lath overrun with scripture-like words; his costumes are neutral-toned casual clothes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 17, 2025

The 60 schools in the county that were checked for potentially unsafe ceilings were old buildings constructed using lath and plaster, which can crack and collapse if damaged.

From BBC • Oct. 18, 2024

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.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2023

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

A smile of lath opened amid powdery fallout.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen