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cantle

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can⋅tle

  [kan-tl]
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–noun
1. the hind part of a saddle, usually curved upward.
2. a corner; piece; portion: a cantle of land.
Origin:
1275–1325; ME cantel (< AF) < ML cantellus, equiv. to L cant(us) (see cant 2 ) + -ellus dim. suffix
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can·tle   (kān'tl)   
n.  

  1. The raised rear part of a saddle.

  2. A corner, segment, or portion; a piece: a cantle of land.


[Middle English cantel, corner, from Old French, from Medieval Latin cantellus, from Vulgar Latin *cantus; see cant1.]
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