CANTLE

n. v.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

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.
n.

The upwardly projecting rear part of saddle, opposite to the pommel. [Written also cante.]

3.
v.

To cut in pieces; to cut out from. [Obs.] [Written also cantile.]


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