" cantilever "

[Noun]  | "can*ti*le*ver" | \ ˈkan-tə-ˌlē-vər \

1: a projecting beam or member supported at only one end: such as

2: a bracket-shaped member supporting a balcony or a cornice

3: either of the two beams or trusses that project from piers toward each other and that when joined directly or by a suspended connecting member form a span of a cantilever bridge

Origin: 1667 ;

 Perhaps from {see: |cant:4|cant:4} + -i- + lever;

[Noun]  | "cantilever bridge" 

1: a bridge that uses projecting beams (called cantilevers) to support the main part

[Verb]  | "cantilever" 

1: to support by a cantilever

2: to build as a cantilever

3: to project as a cantilever

Origin: 1865 ;

[Noun]  | "cantilever"