English-Thai Dictionary
cantle
N ส่วนหลัง ของ อานม้า
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
CANTLE
n.A fragment; a piece; a portion.
CANTLE
v.t.To cut into pieces; to cut out a piece.
CANTLET
n.A piece; a little corner; a fragment.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
CANTLE
Can "tle, n. Etym: [OF. cantel, chantel, corner, side, piece, F.chanteau a piece cut from a larger piece, dim. of OF. cant edge, corner. See 1st Cant. ]
1. 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. The upwardly projecting rear part of saddle, opposite to the pommel. [Written also cante. ]
CANTLE
CANTLE Can "tle, v. t.
Defn: To cut in pieces; to cut out from. [Obs. ] [Written also cantile. ]
CANTLET
Cant "let, n. Etym: [Dim. of cantle. ]
Defn: A piece; a fragment; a corner. Dryden.
New American Oxford Dictionary
cantle
can tle |ˈkantl ˈkæntl | ▶noun the raised, curved part at the back of a horse's saddle. ORIGIN Middle English (in the sense ‘a corner ’): from Anglo-Norman French cantel, variant of Old French chantel, from medieval Latin cantellus, from cantus ‘corner, side. ’
Oxford Dictionary
cantle
cantle |ˈkant (ə )l | ▶noun the raised curved part at the back of a horse's saddle. ORIGIN Middle English (in the sense ‘a corner ’): from Anglo-Norman French cantel, variant of Old French chantel, from medieval Latin cantellus, from cantus ‘corner, side ’.
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