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Meanings of scantling in English

Spanish
puntal

An upright in house framing.

puntal
Synonyms
Examples for "stud"
Examples for "stud"
1
It was not easy being a stud growing up in South Africa.
The South African
2
The gentleman with the pearl stud looked appealingly at the Naval Attache.
Ranson's Folly
3
Next day is for exploring the picturesque towns that stud the area.
News.com.au
4
The stud is controlled by new Smurfit Kappa chief executive Tony Smurfit.
The Irish Times
5
He held up the gold back-stud he had found in the sand.
Amagansett
Usage of scantling in English
1
It is believed that they are only in the scantling or upper wood-work.
Letters and Journals of James, Eighth Earl of Elgin
2
They secured two pieces of scantling and reached the top of the wall.
The Man in Gray: A Romance of North and South
3
A flying piece of scantling has broken off a rose bush.
Once there was a war
4
To make the frame, several lengths of scantling 3 in.
The Boy Mechanic, Volume 1: 700 Things for Boys to Do
5
You can't increase the thickness of scantling and plates indefinitely.
Notes on Life & Letters
6
Bob produced his scantling and hunted up a big plane.
The Radio Boys' First Wireless; Or, Winning the Ferberton Prize
7
They had her built composite-iron ,teak-wood ,andgreenheart, and her scantling was something fabulous.
A Set of Six
8
You have not got the scantling for the metal you carry and are always working.
Springhaven: A Tale of the Great War
9
A scantling moon had come up and I could see that look of surprise well enough.
Bag of Bones
10
Howling with panic terror, she dashed about the small enclosure, clawing frantically at door and scantling.
Further Adventures of Lad
11
From Pannonia he sent a piece of board, and from Venetia about two feet of scantling.
Nonsense Novels
12
Pine planks, three inches thick, are then laid across with their ends resting on the scantling.
Roughing It in the Bush
13
Now last night, afore I went to bed, I only had a scantling o' cheese and-
The Mayor of Casterbridge
14
There was a scantling fence close by.
By The Sea / 1887
15
He also found some bits of scantling, and palings, which were only a foot or so in length.
Lost in the Fog
16
On a piece of scantling which lay in the lot where the contest took place, I scratched the score.
A Mind That Found Itself: An Autobiography
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Translations for scantling
Scantling through the time