scantling
The set size or dimension of a piece of timber, stone etc., or materials used to build…The set size or dimension of a piece of timber, stone etc., or materials used to build ships or aircraft.
Meaning
6 senses(countable, in the plural, uncountable)The set size or dimension of a piece of timber, stone etc., or materials used to build ships or aircraft.
(countable, uncountable)A small, upright beam of timber used in construction, especially less than five inches square.
Stiel, Pfosten, Stütze
(uncountable)Timber in the form of small beams and pieces.
Latte, Kantholz, Brett
брусbrus
(archaic, countable, uncountable)A small portion, a scant amount.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)A rough draught; a crude sketch or outline.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)A frame for casks to lie upon; a trestle.
- an upright in house framing
Translations
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Origin
Alteration of scantillon + -ling, from Old French escantillon (“sample pattern”) (Modern FAlteration of scantillon + -ling, from Old French escantillon (“sample pattern”) (Modern French échantillon). Later senses also influenced by similarity with scant.
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Forms
plural: scantlings| Singular | scantling |
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Synonyms
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2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable