canting

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As stylish as “Double Stakes” ever gets is canting the camera at a 45-degree angle, like we did in the ’60s.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026

The boats use twin canting T-foils to lift the hull completely out of the water in order to increase speed.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 15, 2020

“Approaching the northeast coast of Flinders Island in eastern Bass Strait she suffered damage to the hydraulic ram that adjusts the angle of the canting or swinging keel beneath the hull,” the spokesman said.

From Washington Times • Dec. 27, 2016

“So oozy, hypocritical, praise-mad, canting, envious, concupiscent,” Samuel Coleridge described him in his notebooks.

From The New Yorker • May 16, 2016

A tired half hour later, he could see his own house, the roof of the barn canting as if leaning a bent elbow on a dark line of cloud.

From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby