scantlings

British  

/ ˈskæntlɪŋz /

plural noun

1. the structural casings of the internal gas paths in an aeroengine

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scantlings

There are at least four walls to it—a few scantlings over one, protecting one from all space.

From The Lost Art of Reading by Gerald Stanley Lee

But Crosby Pemberton, perched in the elbow of some long scantlings bracing the building, took heart at Sissy's words.

From The Madigans by Orson Lowell

And shall also make all the said frame in every point for scantlings larger and bigger in assize than the scantlings of the said new-erected house called the Globe.

From Shakespearean Playhouses A History of English Theatres from the Beginnings to the Restoration by Joseph Quincy Adams

I then took up three planks from the flooring of the chamber and deposited all between the scantlings.

From Standard Selections A Collection and Adaptation of Superior Productions From Best Authors For Use in Class Room and on the Platform by Robert I. Fulton

The kitchen table Nathan had mentioned stood as a centre-pole under a leaning pile of boards and splintered scantlings, and had evidently done much to save the lives of its owners when the roof fell.

From The Wind Before the Dawn by Dell H. Munger

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