ppl. a. [f. CANT sb.1 and v.2 + -ED.] In various senses of CANT v.2: tilted up, caused to lean from the perpendicular; having a sloping or slanting surface; bevelled; placed at an oblique angle; having the corners bevelled off.
1649. in Vetusta Mon. (1748), II. Plates 23 & 24 One round Structure or Building of Free Stone, called the Canted Tower [of the Old Palace at Richmond, Surrey].
1664. in Bp. Cosin, Corr. (Surtees), II. 374. To make a canted stepp into the great roome.
1848. Rickman, Archit., li. The general plan of the abacus is a square with the angles cut off, or what is called a canted square.
1872. O. Shipley, Gloss. Eccl. Terms, 66, s.v. Bevel, A sloped or canted surface.
1874. Knight, Dict. Mech., s.v. Cant, A bolt with a hexagonal or octagonal head is said to be six or eight canted.
