Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building : a general reference work (1912)
American Technical Society · Chicago : American Technical Society · leaf 367
a width of three-eighths ofan inch. The clinch, or key, of the plaster is formed by the mortar beingpressed through the spaces between the laths and then spreading outback of the laths upon both sides of the crack, so forming a tie, orclinch, that holds the mortar firmly and securely in place. It…
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