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Cants

The segments of the wooden rim of a GEAR WHEEL to which the SPOKES and COGS are attached e.g. BRAKE WHEEL, SPUR WHEEL. If the cants are so large as to fill the centre of a wheel, the wheel is 'planked solid'.