scantlings
Britishplural noun
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"We hove everything overboard but our top sides and scantlings," returned Reed.
From Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors: Tales of 1812 by Barnes, James
Woods such as ebony, tuya, satin-wood, palm, hare-wood, and a number more, are only to be had in small scantlings, logs a few feet long, and six or seven inches wide.
From British Manufacturing Industries Pottery, Glass and Silicates, Furniture and Woodwork. by Arnoux, L.
We explained to one another the mysteries of ship construction, talked loftily of breasthooks and sheer strakes, and stringers and scantlings ... and were as wise after the telling!
From The Brassbounder A Tale of the Sea by Bone, David W.
It is an important timber-tree, manufactured into all descriptions of scantlings, boarding and finish, but the wood is of various qualities.
From The Genus Pinus by Shaw, George Russell
The floor was laid on 2 × 4 inch scantlings, so there was nothing to keep snakes from working their way under.
From Land of the Burnt Thigh by Voorhies, Stephen J.
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