Cantle
Cantle , noun
[Old French cantel, chantel, corner, side, piece, French chanteau a piece cut from a larger piece, dim. of Old French cant edge, corner. See 1st Cant.]
1.
A corner or edge of anything; a piece; a fragment; a part.
In one cantle of his law.
Cuts me from the best of all my land
A huge half moon, a monstrous cantle out.
2.
The upwardly projecting rear part of saddle, opposite to the pommel.
Cantle , transitive verb
To cut in pieces; to cut out from. [Obsolete]