Obs. rare–1. [? ad. Sp. cantera.] A kind of Spanish fishing-boat.
a. 1642. Sir W. Monson, Naval Tracts, VI. (1703), 532/1. There are Yearly employ’d out of Spain 50 or 60 Vessels call’d Canters, upon that Fishing.
[1867. Smyth, Sailor’s Word-bk., Cantera, a Spanish fishing-boat.]
