Cantle (noun)
kan-tl
The raised curved part at the back of a horse’s saddle.
Middle English (in the sense ‘a corner’): from Anglo-Norman French cantel, variant of Old French chantel, from medieval Latin cantellus, from cantus ‘corner, side’.
Example sentences
“As she clutched the cantle and swung around to face me I realised I was in love.”
Lurdan (noun) lur-dn A lazy, stupid, loutish fellow. 1250–1300; Middle English, Middle French lourdin dullard, equivalent to lourd heavy, dull (more…)
