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