Category: Glossary of Terms -L
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Long Strip Plank
One of the three common types of wood floors. (Others are Engineered and Solid.) Long Strip Plank floors are similar to Engineered floors and have several wood plies that are glued together. The center core is generally a softer wood material and is used to make the tongue and groove. A hardwood finish layer is…
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Lattice
A framework of crossed wood made of laths or other thin pieces of wood. Lattice often can be bought pre-made in 4×8 sheets.
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Lathe Checks
In rotary cut and sliced veneer, the fractures or checks that develop along the grain of the veneer as the knife peels veneer from the log. The knife side of the veneer where checks occur is called the loose side. The opposite and log side of the veneer where checking usually does not occur is…
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Laminated Veneer Lumber (LVL)
Structural wood members constructed of veneers laminated to make a “flitch” from which pieces of specific sizes can be trimmed.
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Laminated Wood
A “piece” of wood built up of plies or layers that have been joined; either with glue or mechanical fastenings. The term is most frequently applied where the plies are too thick to be classified as veneer and when the grain of all plies is parallel.
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Lumber
The American term for converted wood or sawn timber. Lumber mills and sawmills are terms used to describe the processing units that carry out this conversion.
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LCA
Life cycle assessment, usually environmental. A science based measurement system involving the collection of data on all the inputs and outputs of material, energy and waste associated with a product over its entire life cycle to calculate the environmental impact.