scantling
/ˈskæntlɪŋ/noun
1
- a timber beam of small cross section小木梁。
1.1
- the size to which a piece of timber or stone is measured and cut木材（或石料）的尺寸。
2
- （常作scantlings）a set of standard dimensions for parts of a structure, especially in shipbuilding构件尺寸, 船材尺寸。
3
- archaic a specimen, sample, or small amount of something〈古〉样品, 标本。
词源
early 16th cent. （denoting prescribed size, or a set of standard dimensions）： alteration of obsolete scantillon （from Old French escantillon 'sample'）, by association with the suffix -LING.