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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[OF.

cant

edge, corner, D.

kant

. See

edge, angle.]

(Naut.)

Pigs of iron used for ballast.

[Written also

kintlidge

n. In seamen's language, pigs of iron for ballast laid on the floor of a ship.

kentledge ‎(countable and uncountable, plural kentledges)

(nautical) Weights (often scrap or pig iron) used as permanent ballast on ships.
A system of weights (usually concrete or cast-iron blocks) used for load-testing piled foundations.