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scantling

[skant-ling] / ˈskænt lɪŋ /


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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

He made irregular excursions into the village and juggled scantling in a new lumber yard.

From A Canadian Bankclerk by J. P. Buschlen

"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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