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

The water was over six feet deep and the scantling was not much help.

From The Motion Picture Chums at Seaside Park The Rival Photo Theatres of the Boardwalk by Appleton, Victor [pseud.]

He had pulled down the little woodwork which remained; and every now and then he took from the wall or the roof a lath or some scantling, to heat his crucible.

From Toilers of the Sea by Hugo, Victor