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- n. Plural form of scantling.
- n. The dimensions of the timbers of a ship
Examples
“The boy held the end of the telescope against one of the veranda scantlings, while the man gazed through it at the sea.”
“This time next week, I will tell all of my faithful readers what the following are: beakhead knightheads scantlings (sounds like a nice title for a novel ...) tumblehome (so does that) bulwark”
“They were sometimes decorated with a carving of a head. scantlings”
“It will send up the price of scantlings, and we was getting on too fast with them.”
“They turned into a saw-mill as they went up, and counted the scantlings of timber that had been cut; and Michel looked at the cradle to see that it worked well, and to the wheels to see that they were in good order, and observed that the channel for the water required repairs, and said a word as to the injury that had come to him because George had left him.”
“By this time there remained only two more hours for work, and the arch of the icebreaker had been wholly sheathed in butter-tinted scantlings, and nothing required to be added to it save the great iron braces.”
“The big, beautiful vessel goes sidewise on the river; the yellow scantlings with which it is loaded sparkle like gold and are dimly reflected in the muddy, vernal water.”
“The pine logs could not be loaded whole thanks to lack of an anchorage, nor could they be towed because they were so heavy they sank, but they could provide plenty of sawn beams, scantlings and boards for Port Jackson.”
“The several working bees had gotten beams, scantlings and cladding up, shingles on the roof and a path from the front doorstep down to the spring; for the time being they would finish only the ground floor, deal with upstairs when an upstairs was necessary.”
“Students learn deck and interior joinery, spray molding, laminate design, scantlings for welded and riveted boats, and computer-aided boat design hardware and software.”
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