Middle English Dictionary Entry
latthe n.
Entry Info
| Forms | latthe n. Also laththe, lathe, laithe, lat(t)h, (error) latche. Pl. latthes, etc., lat(t)hies, latheis & latthe, lath(e & lathen. |
| Etymology | Prob. OE *læþþe; cp. OHG, OS latta, MDu. latte. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. lat n.
1.
(a) A long, thin strip of wood used in building; esp. such a strip nailed to rafters to form a support for shingles, tiles, or slates; ?also, a shingle; herte ~ [see herte 1d. (c)]; (b) ~ nail, (rarely) ~ nailes, small nails used for fastening laths; ~ pin, some kind of pin or peg used for fastening laths; (c) in place name [see Smith PNElem. 2.12].
Associated quotations
a
- (1281-2) Expense R.Edw.I in Archaeol.1642 : Eidem pro grossis clavis & minutis bordis & lathis.
- (1315-6) Acc.Chester in LCRS 5987 : [Seven cartloads of shingles,] lathes, [and] clamstodes.
- a1325 Gloss.Bibbesw.(Cmb Gg.1.1)963 : K'il ne covent aver girnchouns [glossed:] lathyes [vr. lathen] E clous ficchez en vos mesouns.
- (1333) *Acc.de Weston (PRO)Bundle 469 no.15 m.1 : Pro D de bethlathis [?read: beche lathis] empt' pro pariet' in magna fabrica juxta magnam capellam infra Turrem reparand' et emend' precii C iii d.
- (1333) *Acc.de Weston (PRO)m.2 : Pro cc lath de quercu empt' pro loga gardinar' precii cv d.
- a1350 Ipswich Domesday(1) (Add 25012)200 : De chescune charette de merym, bord, lathes [ID(2): latthes], e verges, ob.
- c1350 Cmb.Ee.4.20.Nominale (Cmb Ee.4.20)448 : Clowes, kyuyls, et guenchons: Nayles, pynnes, and lathes.
- (1357-8) Sacrist R.Ely 2177 : In D de laythes empt., v s.
- (1370) Acc.St.Michael Bath in SANHS 238 : Et de xvj d de c lathys venditis.
- (1376-8) in Davenport Nrf.Manorp.lv : In Ml Ml latthes..pro coopertura dictae domus, vii d.
- (1388) Inquis.Miscel.(PRO)5.81 : [30] lathes [worth 3 d.].
- (1390-1) Leet R.Norwich in Seld.Soc.570 : Rogerus Smyth depredavit c latthis de Herveo Skott.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)3.84 : Whan I ne may my ladi se, The more I am redy to wraththe, That for the touchinge of a laththe..I wode as doth the wylde Se.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)250b/b : Roof trees..haþ þat name tigna..of tegula, slatte oþer schyngul oþer laþþes, ffor he holde vppe helynge sclattis, schyngeles and laþþes; þe laþþe is longe and somdel brode and playne and þynne and is y-nayled thwartouer to þe rafteres, and þeronne hongeþ sclattes, tyle, and schyngles.
- (a1399) Oath Bk.Colchester9 : Lathes hert, for ml, j d. Lathes sup. for ml, ob.
- (1423) Acc.Hollingbourne in Archaeol.Cant.13561 : Payde to Symkyn halke for makyng of xc lathe.
- (1423) Doc.Brewer in Bk.Lond.E.152/367 : Item, for iiijc oken latthes at viij d.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)58b/a : Scindula: a blade or a laþe.
- a1425 Wycl.Serm.(Bod 788)2.167 : Þei stieden upon þe hous, and bi þe laþþis [vrr. laþis, laythis; L tegulas], þei senten him doun.
- (1426-7) Rec.St.Mary at Hill65 : Also in latthes, c hert latthe, vij d.
- (1426-7) Rec.St.Mary at Hill66 : Also for ijc beche latthe, þe c v d.
- (1429-30) Rec.St.Mary at Hill73 : Also for ijc latthyes.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)288 : Lathe, for howsys [Win: laththe for howsynge]: Tignus, vel tignum.
- (1441) Acc.Bk.Carpenter Co.6 : Itm., payed for jc and di of besche lathe, ix d.
- (1445) Visit.Alnwick36 : Frater Willelmus Bowbury dicit quod domus refectorie est defectiua in latthys sub tegulis.
- (1448) in Willis & C.Cambridge 28 : Also all the tymber that shall nede to the rofe of the seid howse and also lathes and all maner of tymber that shall be ocupyed on the [flore]s and on the Midelwalles.
- ?a1450(?1350-75) Origo Mundi in Norris Anc.Corn.Drama (Bod 791)2446 : My a vyn trehy tennow ha lathys tek ha corbles.
- c1450 Med.Bk.(1) (Med-L 136)96/255 : Lay ij latthes on crosse ouer þe sethynge water and sett thi fete ther on.
- (1452) Acc.St.Mary Thame in BBOAJ 976 : Itm., half C latheys to stope owt ye dowffis of ye steputt, iij d. ob.
- (1465-6) Acc.Howard in RC 57323 : Item, for lathes, ij d.
- (a1472) Acc.Bodmin in Camd.n.s.142 : Item, of John Rawe for old lathis of the church, ij d.
- (1473-4) Acc.St.Edm.Sarum15 : It., in lathes y-bought vj d.
b
- (1323-4) Sacrist R.Ely 241 : Item, in mille clauis de lathenal empt., 9 d.
- (1333) *Acc.de Weston (PRO)Bundle 469 no.15 m.5 : Roberto de Sancto Albano pro..lathnail empt' pro dicta domo..ii s. vi d.
- (1337) Wick Rissington in BGAS 59 (Hrl Rolls E 27)213 : [In 3 dozen] Lathnail [..2 s.].
- 1344-5 *Acc.Exch.K.R.492.24 [OD col.] : In Ml de Latchenail.
- (1357-8) Sacrist R.Ely 2176 : In ix M de lathnail, pro M j s. xi d.
- (1376-8) in Davenport Nrf.Manorp.lv : In viii Ml latthenayl ad idem (et pro alia domo) emptis.
- (1388-9) Acc.Abingdon in Camd.n.s.5154 : In latthes et latthe nayl vj s.
- (a1395) Acc.Savoy in Archaeol.24308 : Et in vc latthnail.
- (1422-3) Acc.Abingdon in Camd.n.s.5197 : In lathnail et bordnail emptis, iij s.
- (1423) Doc.Brewer in Bk.Lond.E.159/585 : Item, for latthnaill, iij d. ob.
- (1423) Doc.Brewer in Bk.Lond.E.166/823 : Item, for lathnaill, tramson, sprigg, and roof naill.
- (1426-7) Rec.Norwich 265 : [1300] lathnaill, [400] threpenynaill.
- (1429-30) Rec.St.Mary at Hill73 : Also ml latth nayll, xiiij d.
- (1434-5) Acc.St.Michael Oxf.in OAST 7832 : Item, for dim. M of grete lathe nayll, vii d. ob.
- (1445-6) MSS Penshurst in HMC1.219 : Latthes, lathnayle..lathpynnes.
- (1451) Acc.Yatton in Som.RS 494 : Latthenayles in numero M, pretio xviij d.
- (1457-8) Acc.St.Edm.Sarum360 : Et de mil' lath naylle.
- (1463-4) Acc.St.Michael Bath in SANHS 2561 : Pro j mt [read: ml] lathenayles.
- (1467) Acc.Howard in RC 57429 : Item, for lathe nayles, tyle pynnes, and rofe tyles, prise of alle, viij d.
- (a1472) Acc.Bodmin in Camd.n.s.1424 : Also y borth latth nayle of Bartholemew Trote, ix.
- (1475) Stonor1.152 : To Harry Chowne for lath nayle and tyle pinnes.
- (1484-85) Acc.Ashburton in D&CRS n.s.156 : [Paid] John Emet [for 4,000 of] lathenailes, 5s. 4d.
- (1485-86) Acc.Ashburton in D&CRS n.s.158 : For lathenailis, 7s. 6d.
c
- (1241) EPNSoc.2 (Bck.)8 : Lathbury.
- (1276) EPNSoc.2 (Bck.)9 : Latthebury.
- (1302) EPNSoc.2 (Bck.)9 : Lathebury.
- (1368) EPNSoc.2 (Bck.)9 : Lathesbury.
- (1373) EPNSoc.2 (Bck.)9 : Laithebury.