Scantling
1Scantling — is a measurement of prescribed size, dimensions, or cross sectional areas.hippingIn shipbuilding, the scantling refers to the collective dimensions of the various parts, particularly the framing and structural supports. The word is most often… …
2Scantling — Scant ling, n. [Cf. OF. eschantillon, F. [ e]chantillon, a sample, pattern, example. In some senses confused with scant insufficient. See {Scantle}, v. t.] 1. A fragment; a bit; a little piece. Specifically: (a) A piece or quantity cut for a… …
3Scantling — Scant ling, a. [See {Scant}, a.] Not plentiful; small; scanty. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster] …
4scantling — index minimum Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
5scantling — (adj.) 1520s, measured or prescribed size, altered from scantillon (c.1300), aphetic of O.Fr. escantillon, of uncertain origin; perhaps ultimately from L. scandere to climb (see SCAN (Cf. scan)). Sense influenced by SCANT (Cf. scant). Meaning… …
6scantling — [skant′liŋ] n. [altered (as if < SCANT + LING1) < ME scantilone, a carpenter s gauge, aphetic < NormFr escantillon, for OFr eschandillon, a measure < Prov escandil, a measure of volume < VL * scandaculum, ladder, plumb <… …
7scantling — noun /ˈskantlɪŋ/ a) The set size or dimension of a piece of timber, stone etc., or materials used to build ships or aircraft. For one may have particular knowledge of the nature of one river, and experience of the qualitie of one fountaine, that… …
8Scantling length — is a distance slightly less than the waterline length of a ship, and generally less than the overall length of a ship. In the ABS Rules for Building and Classing Steel Vessels, it is defined as the distance on the summer load line from the fore… …
9scantling number — noun or scantling numeral Etymology: scantling (I) : a number variously computed from a ship s dimensions and used in reference to a tabulated scheme specifying the size of structural material required to entitle a ship according to its type to a …
10scantling numeral — noun see scantling number …
