Scantling [SKANT-ling]  

Part of speech: noun 

Origin: Old French, early 16th century  

1. A specimen, sample, or small amount of something. 

2. The size to which a piece of wood or stone is measured and cut.  

Examples of scantling in a sentence  

"There's only a scantling of milk left, so please pick up a new carton."  

"The shed door was built to a scantling of 7 feet tall."