Cantle

(kăn’tĭl), n. [O. Fr. cantel, chantel, corner, side, piece, N. Fr. chanteau, a piece cut from a larger piece, Pr. cantel, corner, piece, Sp. cantillo, a little stone, L. Lat. cantellus, dim. of O. Fr. cant, It. & Sp. canto, edge, corner. See CANT, n.] 1. A fragment, corner, or edge of any thing.

Cuts me from the best of all my land A huge half moon, a monstrous cantle, out. Shak.

2Sense 2. The hind-bow, or protuberance of a saddle. [Also written cantel.]

v. t. To cut into pieces; to cut out a piece from. [Obs.] Dryden.