Scantling (noun)
ska-nt-ling
A timber beam of small cross section.
A small amount of something
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.
Example sentences
“Although small, the scantlings offer stability.”
Ireful (adj) ayur-ful full of intense anger; wrathful. Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300; ire, -ful (more…)
