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Meanings of roof lath in английском

Thin plank of wood used in a roof on which are fixed the slates.

        Synonyms
        Examples for "batten"
        Examples for "batten"
        1
        Concealed a pretty hefty batten' behind screens that looked like deck loads.
        Alas, Babylon
        2
        We had to batten down everything, and lash ourselves to the deck.
        Freaks of Fortune; or, Half Round the World
        3
        They were ill suited for a boy to hear and batten on.
        Princess Maritza
        4
        Well, a girl should batten down and bail, not run the rigging.
        The Slow Regard of Silent Things
        5
        The crash-proof, latticed gate was already rolling to batten down the exit.
        Internecine
        1
        Entering the cloth and lath superstructure he found himself in pitch darkness.
        Spring Street / A Story of Los Angeles
        2
        With the lath still in his hand, he slowly approached the midwife.
        The hangman's daughter
        3
        But, of course, all this lath- and-plaster had to be given up.
        The Brick Moon, and Other Stories
        4
        Was he a man of real force, or was he painted lath?
        The Dweller on the Threshold
        5
        There was no lath and plaster; the walls were made of matched boards.
        The New England Magazine Volume 1, No. 3, March, 1886 / Bay Stat...
        Usage of roof lath in английском
        1
        Hamilton followed her into the sloping-roofed , lath-and-plaster pent-house that had been run up between the back of the stage and the wall of the building.
        Six Women