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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Arch.) A bracket to support a balcony, a cornice, or the like.
- noun (Engin.) A projecting beam, truss, or bridge unsupported at the outer end; one which overhangs.
- noun a bridge in which the principle of the cantalever is applied. It is usually a trussed bridge, composed of two portions reaching out from opposite banks, and supported near the middle of their own length on piers which they overhang, thus forming cantalevers which meet over the space to be spanned or sustain a third portion, to complete the connection.
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I would love to have a Remington 11-87 parkerized with a 28 vented rib Remchoke barrel, and cantalever slug barrel.
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vendingmachine commented on the word cantalever
n. A bracket to support a balcony, a cornice, or the like.
n. A projecting beam, truss, or bridge unsupported at the outer end; one which overhangs.
August 2, 2015
slumry commented on the word cantalever
See cantilever for a more complete definition. Also cantaliver. Vowel play.
August 3, 2015