scantling
The origin and history of scantling.
Etymology
An alteration of scantillon + -ling, which came from Old French escantillon ("sample pattern") — Modern French échantillon. Later meanings were also shaped by its similarity to scant.
The origin and history of scantling.
An alteration of scantillon + -ling, which came from Old French escantillon ("sample pattern") — Modern French échantillon. Later meanings were also shaped by its similarity to scant.
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