pantle
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Either a variant of panter or a word derived from the same source (Anglo-Norman panter). Appears already by the 15th century. By surface analysis, panter + -le (“suffix forming diminutives”).
Noun[edit]
pantle (plural pantles)
- (obsolete, Lancashire) Alternative form of panter (“A snare for catching birds, formed from twisted horsehair”)