Definition of lathe

• n. - Formerly, a part or division of a county among the Anglo-Saxons. At present it consists of four or five hundreds, and is confined to the county of Kent.
• n. - A granary; a barn.
• n. - A machine for turning, that is, for shaping articles of wood, metal, or other material, by causing them to revolve while acted upon by a cutting tool.
• n. - The movable swing frame of a loom, carrying the reed for separating the warp threads and beating up the weft; -- called also lay and batten.