a thin flat strip of wood, especially one of a series forming a foundation for the plaster of a wall or the tiles of a roof or made into a trellis or fence (灰泥、瓦片等基部结构)木条,板条 ■[mass noun](laths)collectively as a building material, especially as a foundation for supporting plaster (建筑材料,尤指灰泥的)基部材料
verb
[with obj.]cover (a wall or ceiling) with laths 用板条铺(墙面,楼板)
语源
Old English lætt, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch lat and German Latte, also to lattice