CANTLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cantle mean? 

• CANTLE (noun)
  The noun CANTLE has 1 sense:

1. the back of a saddle seat

  Familiarity information: CANTLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CANTLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The back of a saddle seat

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("cantle" is a kind of...):

back; backrest (a support that you can lean against while sitting)

Holonyms ("cantle" is a part of...):

saddle (a seat for the rider of a horse or other animal)

 Context examples 

They are here set down, most holy father, upon a cantle of sheep-skin.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I scarce shot as many shafts at Brignais, growled the man of Brabant; though I found a better mark there than a cantle of bull's hide.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

This cantle of wood is from the true cross, this other from Noah his ark, and the third is from the door-post of the temple of the wise King Solomon.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)