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   Scant·ling

   /ˈskan(t)liNG/

   

   noun

   • 1. a piece of lumber of small cross section.
   • ▪ the size to which a piece of wood or stone is measured and cut.
   • 2. a set of standard dimensions for parts of a structure, especially in shipbuilding.
   • 3. a specimen, sample, or small amount of something. archaic

   Word Origin early 16th century (denoting prescribed size, or a set of standard dimensions): alteration of obsolete scantillon (from Old French escantillon ‘sample’), by association with the suffix -ling.

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