scantling

== English == === Etymology === Alteration of scantillon +‎ -ling, from Old French escantillon (“sample pattern”) (Modern French échantillon). Later senses also influenced by similarity with scant. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈskæntlɪŋ/ Hyphenation: scant‧ling === Noun === scantling (countable and uncountable, plural scantlings) (chiefly in the plural) The set size or dimension of a piece of timber, stone etc., or materials used to build ships or aircraft. (archaic) A small portion, a scant amount. Synonyms: jot, tidbit; see also Thesaurus:modicum , Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.204: For one may have particular knowledge of the nature of one river, and experience of the qualitie of one fountaine, that in other things knowes no more than another man: who neverthelesse to publish this little scantling, will undertake to write all of the Physickes. A small, upright beam of timber used in construction, especially less than five inches square. (uncountable) Timber in the form of small beams and pieces. (obsolete) A rough draught; a crude sketch or outline. Synonyms: catagraph, jotting, precedent, thumbnail (obsolete) A frame for casks to lie upon; a trestle. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== scantlings === Adjective === scantling (comparative more scantling, superlative most scantling) Not plentiful; small; scanty. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:inadequate, Thesaurus:rare === References === “scantling”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === cantlings