scantlings
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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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 Adams, Joseph Quincy
Did a large trade in scantlings, I remember.
From Love's Comedy by Herford, C. H. (Charles Harold)
When Henty was away at the scantlings Evan studied and thought.
From A Canadian Bankclerk by Buschlen, J. P.
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 Lee, Gerald Stanley
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.
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