scantling
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scant·ling
(skănt′lĭng, -lĭn)n.
1. A very small amount; a modicum.
2. A small timber used in construction.
3. The dimensions of a building material, especially the width and thickness of a timber.
4. often scantings Nautical The dimensions of the structural parts of a vessel.
[Alteration of Middle English scantlon, scantilon, carpenter's gauge, from Old French escantillon, alteration of *eschandillon, from Late Latin *scandiculum, alteration of scandāculum, ladder, gauge, from Latin scandere, to climb; see skand- in Indo-European roots.]
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scantling
(ˈskæntlɪŋ)n
1. (Building) a piece of sawn timber, such as a rafter, that has a small cross section
2. (Building) the dimensions of a piece of building material or the structural parts of a ship, esp those in cross section
3. (Building) a building stone, esp one that is more than 6 feet in length
4. a small quantity or amount
[C16: changed (through influence of scant and -ling1) from earlier scantillon, a carpenter's gauge, from Old Norman French escantillon, ultimately from Latin scandere to climb; see scan]
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scant•ling
(ˈskænt lɪŋ)n.
1. a timber of relatively slight width and thickness, as a stud or rafter in a house frame.
2. such timbers collectively.
3. the width and thickness of a timber.
4. a small quantity or amount.
[1520–30; alter., by folk etym., of Middle English scantilon (< Old French escantillon gauge) reinterpreted as derivative of scant]
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scantling
- Means "measured or prescribed size" or a "set of standard dimensions."See also related terms for measured.
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Scantling
a small quantity—Johnson, 1755.Examples: scantling of apples, 1849; of burgundy, 1765; of eloquence, 1704; of food 1835; of geological knowledge, 1876; of paper, 1743; of time, 1665; of wit, 1680.
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Scantling
An odd-shaped piece of lumber used in building construction.
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