Scantling Definition

skăntlĭng, -lĭn
noun
A small amount or quantity.
Webster's New World
The size or dimensions of something; specif., the width and thickness of a piece of lumber.
Webster's New World
A small piece of lumber, as a two-by-four stud, used in the frame of a structure.
Webster's New World
The dimensions of the structural parts of a vessel.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
adjective
Not plentiful; small; scanty.
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Scantling

Noun

Singular:
scantling
Plural:
scantlings

Origin of Scantling

  • 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 skand- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Alteration of scantillon, by association with -ling. Later senses also influenced by similarity with scant.

    From Wiktionary

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