cant frame

noun

any of several frames bracketed aft of the transom of a ship and inclined slightly to the fore-and-aft direction.
any transverse frame not perpendicular to the fore-and-aft midship line.

Origin of cant frame

First recorded in 1825–35

Words nearby cant frame

cans, canso, canst, cant, cant dog, cant frame, cant hook, cant strip, cant., cantab., cantabile