scantle

Etymology 1

Old French escanteler, eschanteler.

verb

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To scant; to be niggardly with; to divide into small pieces; to cut short or down.
    c. 1608-1634, John Webster, Appius and Virginia All their pay / Must your discretion scantle; keep it back.

Etymology 2

scant + -le

verb

  1. (intransitive) To be deficient; to fail.
    That in her scantled banks, though wandring long inclos'd, 1622, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion, song 24 p. 75

noun

  1. A gauge for measuring slates.

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