释义 |
cantlet|ˈkæntlɪt| [f. cantle n. + -et1.] A small cantle, a fragment.
a1700Dryden Fab. Ovid's Met. xii. 180 Huge cantlets of his buckler strew the ground. 1848Kingsley Saint's Trag. i. i. 201 To spoil a waggon-load of ash-staves..And break a dozen fools' backs across their cantlets. 1849C. Brontë Shirley xxxiii, A cantlet of cold custard-pudding. |