scantling
/ˈskantlɪŋ
/noun
1A timber beam of small cross section.In Britain and America, material was available in timber form, as plank, deals, board, and scantling....
- She fully conforms to all the stringent constructional requirements of this class, including 6 watertight compartments, strong scantlings and a high level of stability.
1.1The size to which a piece of timber or stone is measured and cut.Its crucks - nine full pairs and a pair at each end cut off halfway to form the half-hipped roof - are 10 m. long, with a scantling of 0.53 m. and a span of 10.2 m.
2 (often scantlings) A set of standard dimensions for parts of a structure, especially in shipbuilding.Although not built to any specific standard, other than Hinckley's own, that I know of, the scantlings are impressive by anyone's standards....
- Since German engineers standardized scantlings for testing to about eight inches long, Fernow decried in particular British engineers' preferences for full-sized generic timbers.
3 archaic A specimen, sample, or small amount of something.
Origin
Early 16th century (denoting prescribed size, or a set of standard dimensions): alteration of obsolete scantillon (from Old French escantillon 'sample'), by association with the suffix -ling.
Rhymes
- adder's grass
- adder's meat
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- adder's tongue
- adder-tongue
- adder-tongued
- adderwort
- add fuel to the fire (or flames)
- addibility
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- addict
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