cantilever

Meaning

Noun

1. A beam anchored at one end and projecting into space, such as a long bracket projecting from a wall to support a balcony.
2. A beam anchored at one end and used as a lever within a microelectromechanical system.
3. A technique, similar to the spread eagle, in which the skater travels along a deep edge with knees bent and bends their back backwards, parallel to the ice.

Verb

To project (something) in the manner of or by means of a cantilever.

Synonyms

boom

💥

bracket

console

crutch

🩼

shore

strut

support

suspensory

sustainment

arm support

jib arm

supporting beam

projecting beam

cantaliver

Translations

porte-à-faux

Kragarm

Auskragung

Ausleger

freitragend

voladizo

Konsole

υποστήριγμα

cantiver

mensola

trave a mensola

trave a sbalzo

viga suspensa

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkantɪliːvə/

Etymology

Cognate with Spanish: can

In summary

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.