Overview

cant


Show Summary Details

Quick Reference

1 Angle or inclination of a piece, member, or plane to another, especially to the horizontal.

2 Oblique surface cutting off the corner of a square, or an oblique face of a polygon, hence a polygonal plan is canted (e.g. canted bay-window).

Subjects: Architecture.

Related content in Oxford Index

See all related items in Oxford Index »

Reference entries
cant
in A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture

Reference Entry

Search for the text `cant' anywhere in Oxford Index »

Users without a subscription are not able to see the full content. Please, subscribe or login to access all content. subscribe or login to access all content.