lathing
lathing · lathings
InvitationInvitation.
Meaning
2 senses(UK, dialectal)Invitation.
A covering of laths.
Origin
From Middle English lathinge, from Old English laþung, from Proto-West Germanic *laþungu,From Middle English lathinge, from Old English laþung, from Proto-West Germanic *laþungu, equivalent to lathe (“to invite”) + -ing. Cognate with German Ladung, Einladung (“invitiation”).
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