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CANTLE
cantle
(noun) the back of a saddle seat
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
cantle (plural cantles)
(obsolete) A splinter, slice, or sliver broken off something.
The raised back of a saddle.
(Scotland) The top of the head.
(Scotland) On many styles of sporran, a metal arc along the top of the pouch, usually fronting the clasp.
Verb
cantle (third-person singular simple present cantles, present participle cantling, simple past and past participle cantled)
(obsolete, transitive) To cut into pieces.
(obsolete, transitive) To cut out from.
Anagrams
• Lancet, cantel, cental, lancet
Source: Wiktionary
Can"tle, n. Etym: [OF. cantel, chantel, corner, side, piece, F. chanteau a piece cut from a larger piece, dim. of OF. cant edge, corner. See 1st Cant.]
1. A corner or edge of anything; a piece; a fragment; a part. "In one cantle of his law." Milton. Cuts me from the best of all my land A huge half moon, a monstrous cantle out. Shak.
2. The upwardly projecting rear part of saddle, opposite to the pommel. [Written also cante.]
Can"tle, v. t.
Definition: To cut in pieces; to cut out from. [Obs.] [Written also cantile.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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