Obs. rare. Also 4–5 kankerdort. [Of unascertained etymology.] ? A state of suspense; a critical position; an awkward affair.
c. 1374. Chaucer, Troylus, II. 1703 (1752). Was Troylus nought in a kankedort [v.r. kankerdort, rhymes sort, comfort] That lay and myghte whysprynge of hem here?
[Cf. 1493–1500. Medwall, Nature (Brandl), I. 1286. He wyll no lengar me support And that were a shrewd crank dort.]
