Definition/Meaning of cantle

• English - Noun: cantle ( plural cantles ) ( obsolete ) A splinter , slice , or sliver broken off something . 1903 , A . W . Pollard (ed.), Le Morte d'Arthur by Sir Thomas Malory (1485) , volume I , Bk .
• English - Verb: cantle ( third-person singular simple present cantles , present participle cantling , simple past and past participle cantled ) ( obsolete , transitive ) To cut into pieces . ( obsolete , transitive ) To cut out from .
• English - Etymology: From Old Northern French cantel , Old French chantel (Modern French chanteau ), from Medieval Latin cantellus , diminutive of Latin cantus ( “ corner ” ).
• English - Pronunciation: ( UK ) IPA (key) : /ˈkantəl/ ( US ) IPA (key) : /ˈkæntəl/
• English - Anagrams: lancet