† ˈcantling Obs. rare.
[app. f. cant, cantle; but cf. scantling.]
1. A small part, corner, section, or division.
| 1674 N. Fairfax Bulk & Selv. 186 At Dooms-day a less cantling of it than England..will be enough to hold all the dwellers of it. |
2. A support under a cask, to keep it steady when lying on the staves. Cf. cantic-quoin s.v. cantic a.
| 1616 Surfl. & Markh. Countr. Farm 611 A vessell..which hee shall cause to be set..vpon a cantling. Ibid. 617 Making two or three towres in the vessels, and afterward setting it againe vpon his cantling. |