Scantling

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·adj Not plentiful; small; scanty.

II. Scantling ·vt A fragment; a bit; a little piece.

III. Scantling ·vt A frame for casks to lie upon; a trestle.

IV. Scantling ·vt A small quantity; a little bit; not much.

V. Scantling ·vt A rough draught; a rude sketch or outline.

VI. Scantling ·vt A piece or quantity cut for a special purpose; a sample.

VII. Scantling ·vt A piece of timber sawed or cut of a small size, as for studs, rails, ·etc.

VIII. Scantling ·vt The dimensions of a piece of timber with regard to its breadth and thickness; hence, the measure or dimensions of anything.