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Planks vs Scantling - What's the difference?

planks | scantling |

As nouns the difference between planks and scantling

is that planks is plural of lang=en while scantling is the set size or dimension of a piece of timber, stone etc., or materials used to build ships or aircraft.

As an adjective scantling is

not plentiful; small; scanty.

planks

English

Noun

(head)
  • ----

    scantling

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chiefly, in the plural) The set size or dimension of a piece of timber, stone etc., or materials used to build ships or aircraft.
  • (archaic) A small portion, a scant amount.
  • *, Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.204:
  • *:For one may have particular knowledge of the nature of one river, and experience of the qualitie of one fountaine, that in other things knowes no more than another man: who neverthelesse to publish this little scantling , will undertake to write all of the Physickes.
  • * Francis Bacon
  • Such as exceed not this scantling , to be solace to the sovereign and harmless to the people.
  • * Milton
  • A pretty scantling of his knowledge may taken by his deferring to be baptized so many years.
  • * Jeremy Taylor
  • Reducing them to narrow scantlings .
  • A small, upright timber used in construction, especially less than five inches square.
  • (obsolete) A rough draught; a crude sketch or outline.
  • (obsolete) A frame for casks to lie upon; a trestle.
  • (Knight)

    See also

    * scantlings

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Not plentiful; small; scanty.
  • (Jeremy Taylor)