cantalever

American

[kan-tl-ee-ver, -ev-er] / ˈkæn tlˌi vər, -ˌɛv ər /

Also cantaliver

noun

a variant of cantilever.

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cantalever

Then comes the model of an American trestle, and after passing over this the road runs through the tunnel, over the cantalever bridge, through a cutting, and finally over a steel tubular bridge into Jericho.

From Harper's Round Table, June 4, 1895 by Various

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