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scantling

scant·ling

UK/ˈskæntlɪŋ/ uncommon archaic obsolete

noun

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an upright in house framing

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Alteration of scantillon + -ling, from Old French escantillon (“sample pattern”) (Modern French échantillon). Later senses also influenced by similarity with scant.

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