[f. CANT v.2 + -ER1. Cf. also CAST sb.1 6.]
1. One who cants, or tilts.
2. (See quot.)
1875. Robinson, Whitby Gloss. (E. D. S.), Canter, a timber-carrier; one who brings ‘bauks’ or tree-trunks from the woods to the ship-yards.
