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- Dictionaryscant·ling/ˈskan(t)liNG/
noun
- 1. a piece of lumber of small cross section.
- 2. a set of standard dimensions for parts of a structure, especially in shipbuilding.
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Measurement of prescribed size, dimensions, or cross sectional areas
Scantling is a measurement of prescribed size, dimensions, or cross sectional areas. When used in regard to timber, the scantling is (also "the scantlings are") the thickness and breadth, the sectional dimensions; in the case of stone it refers to the dimensions of thickness, breadth and length. The word is a variation of scantillon, a carpenter's or stonemason's measuring tool, also used of the m... Wikipedia