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scantling
noun as in beam
noun as in rafter
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It lay, tongued and grooved, with the scantling for fixing it, just where the timber merchant's men had deposited it—on the floor.
Mayo saw that it was a long strip of scantling, undoubtedly from the deckload that the Polly had jettisoned when she was tripped.
Mr. Speed boosted Mayo and the young man attached the cloth to the scantling and flung their banner to the breeze.
I saw the slates at the foot of the weathercock, that they were thinly edged and of light scantling.
I found a hiding place in a pile of boards or scantling, where I kept concealed during that day.
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On this page you'll find 70 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to scantling, such as: girder, joist, piling, pillar, plank, and pole.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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