scantling
9 synonyms and 1 antonym for scantling, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — The fixed size that a piece of wood, stone or building material must be cut to.
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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.
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