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cantle.

A splinter, slice, or sliver broken off something.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈkantəl/UK/ˈkæntəl/US

  1. A splinter, slice, or sliver broken off something.

    obsolete

  2. The raised back of a saddle.

  3. The top of the head.

    Scotland

  4. On many styles of sporran, a metal arc along the top of the pouch, usually fronting the clasp.

    Scotland
Where this word comes from

From Middle English cantle, cantel, from Old Northern French cantel, Old French chantel (Modern French chanteau, Bourguignon chainteâ), from Medieval Latin cantellus, diminutive of Latin cantus (“corner”). Compare cant (Etymology 3). Kroonen instead connects this term with Dutch kant (“side; edge”) and German Kanz (“mane, upper part of the neck”), deriving them from a Proto-Germanic *kantaz (“side (of the head?); cheek”), connecting it to the Baltic words Lithuanian žandas (“cheek, jaw”) and Latvian zuods (“chin, jaw”), all from a hypothetical Proto-Indo-European *ǵond-o-.

verb/ˈkantəl/UK/ˈkæntəl/US

  1. To cut into pieces.

    obsolete · transitive

  2. To cut out from.

    obsolete · transitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle English cantle, cantel, from Old Northern French cantel, Old French chantel (Modern French chanteau, Bourguignon chainteâ), from Medieval Latin cantellus, diminutive of Latin cantus (“corner”). Compare cant (Etymology 3). Kroonen instead connects this term with Dutch kant (“side; edge”) and German Kanz (“mane, upper part of the neck”), deriving them from a Proto-Germanic *kantaz (“side (of the head?); cheek”), connecting it to the Baltic words Lithuanian žandas (“cheek, jaw”) and Latvian zuods (“chin, jaw”), all from a hypothetical Proto-Indo-European *ǵond-o-.

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