Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for CAN-TI-LE'VER
CAN-TI-LE'VER, n. [qu. canterii labrum, the lip of the rafter. Brande.]
In architecture, a piece of wood framed into the front or side of a house, and projecting from it to support the eaves and moldings over them.
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