A thin strip of wood or metal that supports plaster, tiles, or shingles in building.

• In petrology, a slender needle-like crystal, often plagioclase, in a glassy matrix.
• A thick, sharp-edged plank used to hold back earth in tunneling; a spill.

To cover or line with laths before plastering or tiling.

A historical administrative division of Kent, England, now obsolete.

A staff or cudgel, especially of an Indian type.

• A monumental pillar in South Asia, such as ancient Buddhist columns.