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.
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.
