scantling
a timber of relatively slight width and thickness, as a stud or rafter in a house frame.
such timbers collectively.
the width and thickness of a timber.
the dimensions of a building stone.
Nautical.
a dressed timber or rolled metal member used as a framing member in a vessel.
the dimension, in cross section, of a framing member.
a small quantity or amount.
Origin of scantling
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How to use scantling in a sentence
It lay, tongued and grooved, with the scantling for fixing it, just where the timber merchant's men had deposited it—on the floor.
Mushroom Town | Oliver OnionsMayo saw that it was a long strip of scantling, undoubtedly from the deckload that the Polly had jettisoned when she was tripped.
Blow The Man Down | Holman DayMr. Speed boosted Mayo and the young man attached the cloth to the scantling and flung their banner to the breeze.
Blow The Man Down | Holman DayI saw the slates at the foot of the weathercock, that they were thinly edged and of light scantling.
The Adventures of Harry Revel | Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-CouchI found a hiding place in a pile of boards or scantling, where I kept concealed during that day.
British Dictionary definitions for scantling
/ (ˈskæntlɪŋ) /
a piece of sawn timber, such as a rafter, that has a small cross section
the dimensions of a piece of building material or the structural parts of a ship, esp those in cross section
a building stone, esp one that is more than 6 feet in length
a small quantity or amount
Origin of scantling
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