Definition of scantle Scantle
We found 6 definitions of scantle from 3 different sources.
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What does scantle mean?
Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- scantle (v. i.)
To be deficient; to fail. - scantle (v. t.)
To scant; to be niggard of; to divide into small pieces; to cut short or down.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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scantle
skan′tl, v.t. to divide into pieces: to partition.—ns. Scant′let, a small pattern; Scant′ling, a little piece: a piece or quantity cut for a particular purpose: a certain proportion.—Scantling number, a number computed from the known dimensions of a ship. [O. Fr. eschantillon, a small cantle, escanteler, to break into cantles—es—L. ex, out, cantel, chantel, a cantle.] -
scantle
skan′tl, v.i. to fail: to be deficient.—n. a gauge by which slates are measured. [Prob. scant.]
