📖 Definitions of "Cantle"
noun
- 1
A splinter, slice, or sliver broken off something.
- 2
The raised back of a saddle.
- 3
The top of the head.
- 4
On many styles of sporran, a metal arc along the top of the pouch, usually fronting the clasp.
verb
- 1
To cut into pieces.
- 2
To cut out from.
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| cantelnoun | Alternative form of cantle. [(obsolete) A splinter, slice, or sliver broken off something.] |
| cantletnoun | A piece; a fragment; a corner. |
| cloutnoun | (informal) Influence or effectiveness, especially political. |
| cavelnoun | (dialectal) A horse's bit. |
| cleftnoun | An opening, fissure, or V-shaped indentation made by or as if by splitting. |
| cantnoun | (countable) An argot, the jargon of a particular class or subgroup. |
| cliftnoun | (obsolete) A cliff. |
| culettenoun | Alternative form of culet (“type of armour”). [(historical) A component of armor, consisting of overlapping plates designed to protect the buttocks.] |
| cotelettenoun | Obsolete form of cutlet. [A thin slice of meat, usually fried.] |
| cleftstonenoun | A flagstone or similar stone that has been cleft from a larger one |
| caunchnoun | (mining) Alternative form of canch. [(mining, historical) An upper or lower portion of stone that is removed to form a gradient between workings.] |
| cleynoun | (obsolete) A claw. |
| caveletnoun | A little cave. |
| cleavagenoun | The hollow or separation between a woman's breasts, especially as revealed by a low neckline. |
| crevassenoun | A crack or fissure in a glacier or snowfield; a chasm. |
| cutlashnoun | (dialectal) Obsolete form of cutlass. [(nautical) A short sword with a curved blade, and a convex edge; once used by sailors when boarding an enemy ship.] |
| chapnoun | (dated outside UK and Australia) A man, a fellow. |
| cambletnoun | Alternative form of camlet. [A fine fabric made from wool (originally camel, but later goat) and silk.] |
| coverclenoun | (obsolete) A small cover; a lid. |
| catlingnoun | catgut; a catgut string |
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