scantling

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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

It lay, tongued and grooved, with the scantling for fixing it, just where the timber merchant's men had deposited it—on the floor.

From Mushroom Town by Onions, Oliver

Checkers picked up a handy piece of scantling, and running up the steps, turned and faced his father-in-law.

From Checkers A Hard-luck Story by Blossom, Henry M.