cantle

  • 111English cavalry saddle — noun a saddle having a steel cantle and pommel and no horn • Syn: ↑English saddle • Hypernyms: ↑saddle * * * noun Usage: usually capitalized E : english saddle …

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  • 112stock saddle — noun an ornamented saddle used by cowboys; has a high horn to hold the lariat • Syn: ↑Western saddle • Hypernyms: ↑saddle • Part Meronyms: ↑horn, ↑saddle horn * * * noun : an ofte …

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  • 113anquera — anˈkerə, aŋ noun ( s) Etymology: Mexican Spanish Southwest : a tailpiece of leather for a stock saddle cut in the form of a crescent and attached to the base of the cantle from which it extends back to cover the rump and flanks of the horse …

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  • 114mcclellan saddle — mə̇ˈklelən noun also mcclellan Usage: usually capitalized M & 2d C Etymology: after George B. McClellan died 1885 American army officer : a saddle with moderately high leather covered pommel and cantle developed during the Civil War and long used …

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  • 115saddle bar — noun 1. : one of the slender horizontal iron bars to which the lead panels of a glazed window are secured 2. : a side bar of the tree of a saddle connecting the pommel and cantle on each side * * * saddle bar noun A bar for supporting stained… …

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  • 116cantling — /kant ling/, n. a layer of burnt brick lying directly over a clamp of bricks being fired. [1610 20; CANTLE + ING1] …

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  • 117cant|let — «KANT liht», noun. a small cantle; a little piece …

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  • 118cantel — var. of cantle; misreading of cautel …

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  • 119kantel — obs. form of cantle n. and v …

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