Definitions
construct with girders and beams such that only one end is fixed
Word origin
First attested in the 1660s, probably from cant (“slope, edge, corner”) + lever, but the earliest form (c. 1610) was cantlapper. First element may also be Spanish can (“dog”), an architect's term for an end of timber jutting out of a wall, on which beams rested.
Used in a sentence
“Eventually Sir John Fowler's and Sir Benjamin Baker's continuous steel girder bridge on the cantilever principle was adopted.”
“cantilever circuit”
“Magnetic resonance force microscopy employs an ultrasmall cantilever arm as a platform for specimens that are then moved in and out of proximity to a tiny magnet.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Projecting beam”10 letters
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