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cantling

cantling is the present participle and gerund of cantle.

Meaning of cantle

Verb

cantle (third-person singular simple present cantles, present participle cantling, simple past and past participle cantled)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To cut into pieces.
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To cut out from.

See all 6 meanings of cantle

Noun

cantling (plural cantlings)

  1. The lower course of bricks enclosing a brick-clamp.

Forms of cantling

pluralcantlings

Questions about cantling

What does cantling mean?
Cantling means the lower course of bricks enclosing a brick-clamp.
What is cantling the present participle and gerund of?
Cantling is the present participle and gerund of cantle.
What part of speech is cantling?
Cantling is a noun.
What is the plural of cantling?
The plural of cantling is cantlings.

Words near cantling in the dictionary

  1. Cantleys
  2. Cantlie
  3. Cantlie line
  4. cantline
  5. cantlines
  6. cantling
  7. cantlings
  8. cantly
  9. cantman
  10. cantmen
  11. canto

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cantling (page history and authors); cantle (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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