scantlings

Let no one laugh at the character of many of these 'Scantlings.'

The boy held the end of the telescope against one of the veranda scantlings, while the man gazed through it at the sea.

The sections of these three ships are shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, with their principal scantlings.

"We hove everything overboard but our top sides and scantlings," returned Reed.

For smoothing the surface and filling up depressions a float or drag made from planks or scantlings will be found serviceable.