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kant
obs. form of cant a., and of cant n.1, esp. in sense 5; also an oblique arm of a pier.
1793Smeaton Edystone L. §51 The bottom projection, which has been called the Kant, and which fills up the angle formed between the uprights and the sloping surface of the rock. 1861Smiles Engineers II. vii. vii. 217 note, Two great piers, one..the straight part extending outwards about 154 yards, from which there were to be two kants of about 64 yards each. Ibid. 219 The moment the vessel gets within the outer angles of the two return arms or kants, she may be said to be in or out of the harbour, as the case may be. |