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cantlet

cantlet noun: a piece; a fragment; a corner.

Noun

cantlet (plural cantlets)

  1. A piece; a fragment; a corner.
    • Nor shield nor armour can their force oppose; Huge cantlets of his buckler strew the groun1717, John Dryden [et al.], “(please specify |book=I to XV)”, in Ovid’s Metamorphoses in Fifteen Books. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC
    • Thanks to his clasp-knife, he was able to appropriate a wing of fowl and a slice of ham; a cantlet of cold custard-pudding he thought would harmonize with these articles; […]1849, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], “Martin’s Tactics”, in Shirley. A Tale. […], volume III, London: Smith, Elder and Co., […], →OCLC, page 219

Forms of cantlet

pluralcantlets

Origin of cantlet

Diminutive of cantle with -et or -let.

Questions about cantlet

What does cantlet mean?
Cantlet means a piece; a fragment; a corner.
What part of speech is cantlet?
Cantlet is a noun.
What is the plural of cantlet?
The plural of cantlet is cantlets.

Words near cantlet in the dictionary

  1. cantitruncation
  2. cantitruncations
  3. cantle
  4. cantled
  5. cantles
  6. cantlet
  7. cantlets
  8. Cantley
  9. Cantley, Limpenhoe and Southwood
  10. Cantleys
  11. Cantlie

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