2. Noun. (nautical) The dimensions of the timbers of a ship ¹
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Definition of Scantlings
1. scantling [n] - See also: scantling
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scantlings
Literary usage of Scantlings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Steel Ships: Their Construction and Maintenance : a Manual for Shipbuilders by Thomas Walton (1908)
"Hence ship-folk are in these days familiar with the three principal or fundamental
types of vessels— (1) Vessels of full scantlings, ..."
2. Elementary principles of carpentry by Thomas Tredgold (1853)
"Table of the Scantlings of Binding Joists, of Yellow Fir, ... Purlins may often
be found apparently strong enough of less scantlings than these, ..."
3. Notes on Building Construction by Henry Fidler, Great Britain Dept. of Science and Art (1875)
"TABLE of Scantlings of TIMBER, recommended by Tredgold, for different spans, ...
The scantlings for the tie beams may be considerably reduced when there are ..."
4. Practical Shipbuilding: A Treatise on the Structural Design and Building of by A. Campbell Holms (1918)
"It is clear, therefore, that a vessel's scantlings should bear a relation ...
The German Lloyd rules state specifically the reduction in scantlings allowed ..."
5. The Harleian Miscellany: Or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and by William Oldys, John Malham (1810)
"CENTURY OF THE NAMES AND Scantlings Of such inventions, as at present I can call
to mind to have tried and perfected, which, my former notes being lost, ..."
6. Steel Ships: Their Construction and Maintenance by Thomas Walton (1902)
"... with Full Scantlings—Determination of Type—Three Deck, Ouo and Two Deck, Spar
and Awning Deck Vessels—Illustration of Principal Scantlings of foregoing ..."
7. The Harleian Miscellany; Or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and by William Oldys, John Malham (1810)
"CENTURY OF THE NAMES AND Scantlings Of such inventions, as at present I can call
to mind to have tried and perfected, which, my former notes being lost, ..."
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