Meanings
nouncantlet (plural cantlets)
plural cantlets
- A piece; a fragment; a corner.
Nor shield nor armour can their force oppose; Huge cantlets of his buckler strew the groun
1717, John Dryden [et al.], “(please specify |book=I to XV)”, in Ovid’s Metamorphoses in Fifteen Books. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC1 more example
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 these articles; […]
1849, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], “Martin’s Tactics”, in Shirley. A Tale. […], volume III, London: Smith, Elder and Co., […], →OCLC, page 219
Origin
Diminutive of cantle with -et or -let.
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