Cant Explained

Cant, CANT, canting, or canted may refer to:

Language

• Cant (language), a secret language
• Beurla Reagaird, a language of the Scottish Highland Travellers
• Scottish Cant, a language of the Scottish Lowland Travellers
• Shelta or the Cant, a language of the Irish Travellers
• Thieves' cant, a language of criminals
• Canting arms, heraldic puns on the bearer's name
• Can't, contraction of cannot

Other uses

• Cant (architecture), part of a facade
• CANT (aviation) (Cantieri Aeronautici e Navali Triestini), an aircraft manufacturer
• Cant (log), a log partially processed in a sawmill
• Cant (road/rail), an angle of a road or track
• Cant (shooting), referring to a gun being tilted around the longitudinal axis, rather than being horizontally levelled
• Cant (surname), a family name and persons with it
• Canting, a tool used in making batik
• Chris Taylor (Grizzly Bear musician), an American performer
• University of Canterbury, a New Zealand university which uses Cantuar or Cant as an abbreviation for their name in post-nominal letters

See also

• CANT (disambiguation)
  • Canté, a commune in Ariège, France
• Canter (disambiguation)
• Canticle
• Kant (disambiguation)
• Kante (disambiguation)