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cantel

  • noun [ masculineneuter ]
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cantel, a piece of wood placed obliquely to support a rafter ( ? v. cantle, cant
in N. E. D.)
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  • Ǽrest man ásmeáð þæs húses stede, and eác man ꝥ timber beheáwð, and þá syllan man fægere gefegð, and þá beámas gelegð, and þá ræftras tó þǽre fyrste gefæstnað and mid cantlum underwriðað,

      Angl. viii. 324, 10.
  • [From Low Lat. cantellus.]
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  • cantel, n.