Definition of Cantlet

1. n. A piece; a fragment; a corner.

Definition of Cantlet

1. Noun. A piece; a fragment; a corner. ¹

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Definition of Cantlet

1. a fragment [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cantlet

cantillates
cantillating
cantillation
cantillations
cantina
cantinas
cantiness
canting
cantingly
cantings
cantion
cantions
cantle
cantled
cantles
cantlet (current term)
cantlets
cantlie line
cantling
canto
canton
cantonal
cantoned
cantoning
cantonize
cantonized
cantonizes
cantonizing
cantonment
cantonments

Literary usage of Cantlet

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Shirley by Charlotte Brontë (1899)
"Thanks to his clasp-knife, he was able to appropriate a wing of fowl and a slice of ham ; a cantlet of cold custard-pudding he thought would harmonize with ..."

2. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"CANILE, (kan'-Ü) ns A. fragment; a portion. To CANTLE, (kan'-tl) va To cut in pieces. cantlet, (kant'-let) ns A piece. CANTO, (kan'-to) n. $. ..."

3. Fifty Years Ago by Walter Besant (1888)
"But perhaps the change is more remarkable still when one considers the West End. All that great cantlet lying between ..."

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