English
Etymology
Anglo-Norman cantel, from Old French chantel, from mediæval Latin cantellus, diminutive of Latin cantus �iron tyre�.
Pronunciation
IPA: /'kænt(�)l/
Noun
en-noun
- the raised back of a saddle
Quotations
1926 Next day, he returned with a camel-saddle of equal beauty, the long brass horns of its cantles adorned with exquisite old Yemeni engraving. - T. E. Lawrence, Seven Pillars of Wisdom
1994 The traps were packed in the splitwillow basket that his father wore with the shoulderstraps loosed so that the bottom of the basket carried on the cantle of the saddle behind him. � Cormac McCarthy?, The Crossing
Category:Horse tack
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