Definition of "stinting"

[…] as long as they can contrive to make a respectable appearance once a year, when they come to town, he gives himself little concern about their private stintings and struggles at home.

1848, Anne Brontë, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

There is no such bad policy as stinting a boy—or putting him on a lower allowance than his fellows

1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 19, in The History of Pendennis. […], volumes (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850