Counterlath

·add. ·noun Any lath laid without actual measurement between two gauged laths.

II. Counterlath ·add. ·noun A batten laid lengthwise between two rafters to afford a bearing for laths laid crosswise.

III. Counterlath ·add. ·noun Any of a series of laths nailed to the timbers to raise the sheet lathing above their surface to afford a key for plastering.

IV. Counterlath ·add. ·noun One of many laths used in preparing one side of a partition or framed wall, when the other side has been covered in and finished.