antler

Meaning

A deciduous branching and bony structure on the head of deer, moose and elk, normally in pairs. They are grown and shed each year. (Compare with horn, which is generally not shed.)

Synonyms

horn

antlers

horns

gore

grove

rack

timber

timberland

wood

🪵

woodland

animal horn

antler moth

cornucervi pantotrichum

young pilous antler

Hairy Deerhorn

Cornu Cervi Pantotrichum

Pilose Antler

attire

forest

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈænt.lə/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: auntelere

In summary

From Middle English auntelere, hauntelere, from Old French antoillier (“antler, horn”), from ante- (“in front of”) + oillier (oil (“eye”) + -ier (a suffix indicating location)), possibly from an unattested Latin *anteocularis (“before the eye”).