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单词 cant-rails
释义

cant2 /kant/

noun
  1. An inclination from the vertical or horizontal plane
  2. A toss or jerk which tilts or turns anything
  3. A sloping or tilted position or face
  4. One of the segments forming a side-piece in the head of a cask
  5. A ship's timber lying obliquely to the line of the keel
transitive verb and intransitive verb
  1. To turn on the edge or corner
  2. To tilt or toss suddenly
  3. To tilt or slope

—Also spelt kant

ORIGIN: Prob connected with Du kant; Ger Kante corner

cantˈed adjective

Tilted, sloping

cantˈing noun

Tilting

cantˈ-board noun

A sloping board

cantˈdog or cantˈhook noun (forestry)

A metal hook on a long handle, for rolling logs

canted deck noun (aeronautics) see angled deck under angle1

cantˈing-coin noun

A piece of wood to prevent casks rolling

cantˈing-wheel noun

A wheel with bevelled cogs

cantˈ-rail noun

A timber supporting the roof of a railway carriage

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