Scantling

a.	1.	Not plentiful; small; scanty.
n.	1.	A fragment; a bit; a little piece. Such as exceed not this scantling; - to be solace to the sovereign and harmless to the people. - Bacon. A pretty scantling of his knowledge may taken by his deferring to be baptized so many years. - Milton.
	2.	A small quantity; a little bit; not much. Reducing them to narrow scantlings. - Jer. Taylor.
	2.	A piece of timber sawed or cut of a small size, as for studs, rails, etc.
	3.	The dimensions of a piece of timber with regard to its breadth and thickness; hence, the measure or dimensions of anything.
	4.	A rough draught; a rude sketch or outline.
	5.	A frame for casks to lie upon; a trestle.

Noun

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scantling - an upright in house framing Synonyms: stud

building, edifice, stud, upright, vertical