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Definition: CANTALEVER

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. A bracket to support a balcony, a cornice, or the like.[Websters]
2. A projecting beam, truss, or bridge unsupported at the outer end; one which overhangs.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Cantalever" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Note: Cantalever \Can"ta*lev`er\, noun. [Cant an external angle lever supporter of the roof timber of house.]. (references)

Definition: CANTALEVER

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. A bracket to support a balcony, a cornice, or the like.[Websters]
2. A projecting beam, truss, or bridge unsupported at the outer end; one which overhangs.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "CANTALEVER" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Note: Cantalever \Can"ta*lev`er\, noun. [Cant an external angle lever supporter of the roof timber of house.]. (references)