canting quoin
noun
variants or canting coin
: a triangular block for steadying stowed casks in a ship
Word History
Etymology
from present participle of cant entry 3
- hanging around or out
- hanging at
- hanging back
- hanging barrel
- hanging basket
- hanging block
- hanging bog
- hanging buttress
- hanging clamp
- hanging committee
- hanging drop
- hanging fire
- hanging fly
- hanging glacier
- hanging head
- hanging in
- hanging in there
- hanging indention
- hanging it up
- hanging keel
- hanging lie
- hanging lobster claw
- hanging lobster claws
- hanging loose
- hanging moss