laithe en · NOUN Meanings (Northern-England, alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of lathe (“A granary; a field barn”). alt of lathe Sprinkled across the scalloped valley were toylike field barns, 'laithes', that had once stored hay and given cattle shelter through the winter. 1999, Nicholas Crane, Two Degrees West, London: Viking, page 96: Forms SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource laithes Number=Plur lexicographic Coordinates boskin · rudster · byre