Scantling

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A very small amount; a modicum.
  • n. A small timber used in construction.
  • n. The dimensions of a building material, especially the width and thickness of a timber.
  • n. Nautical The dimensions of the structural parts of a vessel. Often used in the plural.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The set size or dimension of a piece of timber, stone etc., or materials used to build ships or aircraft.
  • n. A small portion, a scant amount.
  • n. A small, upright timber used in construction, especially less than five inches square.
  • n. A rough draught; a crude sketch or outline.
  • n. A frame for casks to lie upon; a trestle.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Not plentiful; small; scanty.
  • n. A fragment; a bit; a little piece.
  • n. A piece or quantity cut for a special purpose; a sample.
  • n. A small quantity; a little bit; not much.
  • n. A piece of timber sawed or cut of a small size, as for studs, rails, etc.
  • n. The dimensions of a piece of timber with regard to its breadth and thickness; hence, the measure or dimensions of anything.
  • n. A rough draught; a rude sketch or outline.
  • n. A frame for casks to lie upon; a trestle.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A pattern; sample; specimen.
  • n. A rough draft; a rude sketch.
  • n. A measuring-rod.
  • n. Measurement; size; dimensions; compass; grade.
  • n. A small quantity, number, or amount; a modicum.
  • n. In naval architecture, the size in any case under consideration of some one of the principal parts of the hull of a ship, such as floors, frames, outside plating, etc.
  • n. In carpentry and stone-cutting, the size to which it is intended to cut timber or stone; the length, breadth, and thickness of a timber or stone.
  • n. A small beam less than five inches square in section, such as the quartering for a partition, rafters, purlins, or pole-plates in a roof, etc.
  • n. A kind of trestle or horse for supporting a cask.
  • Scant; small.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. an upright in house framing
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    upright    vertical   
    Cross Reference
    scheme of scantling    scantling-sticks    scantling number   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    small    scanty    fragment    bit    sample   
    Same Context
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