scantling number
noun
variants or scantling numeral
: a number variously computed from a ship's dimensions and used in reference to a tabulated scheme specifying the size of structural material required to entitle a ship according to its type to a classification or grading with respect to seaworthiness
Word History
Etymology
scantling entry 1
- bitterlier
- bitterliest
- bitterling
- bitterling test
- bitterlings
- bitterly
- bittern
- bitterness
- bitternesses
- bitterns
- bitternut
- bitternut hickory
- bitternuts
- bitterroot
- Bitterroot Range
- bitterroots
- bitters
- bittersweet
- bittersweet orange
- bittersweet pink
- bittersweetly
- bittersweetness
- bittersweetnesses
- bittersweets
- bitterweed