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cantle

/kan-tl/US // ˈkæn tl //UK // (ˈkæntəl) //

罐头,罐子,洞穴

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the hind part of a saddle, usually curved upward.
    • : a corner; piece; portion: a cantle of land.

Examples

  • It was a genuine western, with high horn and high cantle and two cinches, but much reduced in every dimension.

  • A steak had been cut off the full breadth of it—a monstrous cantle from out its fair proportions.

  • The term Cantle is sometimes used for either plate, but it is generally accepted as the name for the rear peak.

  • Immediately outside, in the passage, appeared Grandfer Cantle singing in concert with those still standing in front of the house.

  • Grandfer Cantle's watch had numbered many followers in years gone by, but since he had grown older faiths were shaken.