- cantles
- n. back part of a saddle that is usually curved upwards; segment, corner, portion or piece (also cantel)
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
cantles
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cantel — m? (cantles/cantlas), n? (cantles/ ) buttress, support, a piece of wood placed obliquely to support a rafter … Old to modern English dictionary
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