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cantlets

cantlets is the plural of cantlet.

Meaning of cantlet

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

Questions about cantlets

What is cantlets the plural of?
Cantlets is the plural of cantlet.

Words near cantlets in the dictionary

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

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