单词 | cantling |
释义 | † ˈcantling Obs. rare. [app. f. cant, cantle; but cf. scantling.] 1. A small part, corner, section, or division.
1674N. Fairfax Bulk & Selv. 186 At Dooms-day a less cantling of it than England..will be enough to hold all the dwellers of it. 2. A support under a cask, to keep it steady when lying on the staves. Cf. cantic-quoin s.v. cantic a.
1616Surfl. & Markh. Countr. Farm 611 A vessell..which hee shall cause to be set..vpon a cantling. Ibid. 617 Making two or three towres in the vessels, and afterward setting it againe vpon his cantling. |

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