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scantlings

/ ˈæԳٱɪŋ /

plural noun

  1. the structural casings of the internal gas paths in an aeroengine
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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When sawn into the scantlings required, it is further dried by placing the logs and planks in rooms heated by the waste steam from the engine.

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The rails were oak scantlings held together with cross timbers of the same material, fastened by means of large oak pins.

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The "scantlings" of the Marquis of Worcester were now being converted into complete structures.

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

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Brick walls were blown into millions of fragments, roofs were torn to pieces; rafters, beams, braces, scantlings, were splintered into jack-straws.

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