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English
Etymology
From lath + -work.
Noun
lathwork (usually uncountable, plural lathworks)
- A covering of laths (strips)
2012, Alexander Reichel, Anette Hochberg, Christine Köpke, Plaster, Render, Paint and Coatings, page 53:Lathwork is used when building elements do not constitute a suitable base for the proposed plaster or rendering system, either because they have insufficient strength (lightweight masonry, ETIC systems) or they cannot form a strong bond with the mortar (timber or steel elements).
- geology A texture resembling the appearance of laths commonly observed in igneous rocks, especially in plagioclase feldspar crystals.
1983, Bernice Bender, Julie A. Dumoulin, Kendell A. Dickinson, U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin, page 11:Furthermore, lathwork grains are more abundant than felsitic grains in most west Valdez-area samples, but felsitic grains dominate or are subequal to lathwork grains in most central Valdez-area samples .
2023, Consuele Maorrone, Emilia Le Pera, Kathleen M. Marsaglia, Rosanna De Rosa, “Provenance controls on vaolcaniclastic beach sand: example from the Aeolian archipelago, Mediterranean Sea”, in A. Di Capua, R. De Rosa, G. Kereszturi, editor, Volcanic Processes in the Sedimentary Record, page 263:Our results indicate that the lathwork textures (Fig. 14c) commonly found in basaltic lavas (e.g. Ingersoll and Cavazza 1991) may not survive the physical weathering process that liberates mainly individual plagioclase grains and microlitic volcanic lithic fragments.
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