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Definitions for Scantlings
[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] the dimensions of a building stone.
[5] Nautical . a dressed timber or rolled metal member used as a framing member in a vessel. the dimension, in cross section, of a framing member.
[6] a small quantity or amount.
[7] the structural casings of the internal gas paths in an aeroengine
[8] a piece of sawn timber, such as a rafter, that has a small cross section
[9] the dimensions of a piece of building material or the structural parts of a ship, esp those in cross section
[10] a building stone, esp one that is more than 6 feet in length
[11] a small quantity or amount
Words related to Scantlings
scantlinggirder, scaffolding, joist, shaft, pillar, pole, plank, timber, sill, strip, bail, bolster, stanchion, prop, trestle, pile, boom, stud, spar
Words nearby Scantlings
canning probe microscope, scanning tunneling microscope, scansion, scansorial, scant, scantling, scantlings, scanty, scanzoni's maneuver, scapa flow, scape
Origin of Scantlings
1520–30; scant + -ling1; replacing Middle English scantilon < Old French escantillon gauge
Word origin for Scantlings
C16: changed (through influence of scant and -ling 1 ) from earlier scantillon, a carpenter's gauge, from Old Norman French escantillon, ultimately from Latin scandere to climb; see scan
Synonyms for Scantlings
girder, joist, piling, pillar, plank, pole, scaffolding, shaft, sill, timber, axle, bail, balk, bolster, boom, brace, cantilever, column, crossbar, crosspiece, jamb, lath, lintel, pile, post, prop, rafter, reach, spar, stanchion, stay, stringer, strip, strut, stud, trestle, two-by-four, transverse