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scantling

[skant-ling] / ˈskænt lɪŋ /


NOUN
stud
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Eighty-two shipments of teak consisting mostly of board and scantling used for shipbuilding, outdoor decking and furniture were exported last year, according to the watchdog group, whose findings were gleaned from the trade database Panjiva.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 11, 2022

Last week, after six years' inspection of every scantling and joist of MOP's overbalanced capital structure, the Interstate Commerce Commission issued its plan of reorganization.

From Time Magazine Archive

Victor, with hammer and nails and scraps of scantling, was patching a comer of one of the galleries.

From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin

To make an economical box or rack, take six light pieces of scantling, say three inches square, one for each corner, and one for the centre of each side.

From Domestic Animals History and description of the horse, mule, cattle, sheep, swine, poultry and farm dogs; with directions for their management, breeding, crossing, rearing, feeding, and preparation for a profitable market; also their diseases and remedies. Together with full directions for the management of the dairy. by Richard L. Allen

"We have a few strips of pine scantling among the stores," he said, after a moment's thought.

From Long Odds by Harold Bindloss




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