单词 | cant-piece |
释义 | > as lemmascant-piece cant-piece n. Π 1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship I. 4 Cant-pieces are used in the angles of the fishes and side-trees. cant-piece a. One of the side-pieces in the head of a cask; also cant-piece. (So in Welsh). Cf. cantle-piece n. at cantle n. Compounds. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > barrel or cask > [noun] > end > one of side-pieces of cant1611 cantle-piece1699 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Panneau de doile, a cant pane or peece. 1848 J. A. Carlyle tr. Dante Inferno xxviii. 22 Even a cask, through loss of middle-piece or cant [It. per mezzul perdere o lulla] yawns not so wide as one I saw. < as lemmas |
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