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.”
Praetorian (adj) (noun) pri-taw-ree-un of or relating to a praetor (a magistrate in the Roman republic). a soldier of the Praetorian Guard (Roman imperial army) First recorded in 1375–1425; late…
