n. & v.
--n.
1. a long bracket or beam etc. projecting from a wall to support a balcony etc.
2 a beam or girder fixed at only one end.
--v.intr.
1. project as a cantilever.
2 be supported by cantilevers.
Phrases and idioms:
cantilever bridge a bridge made of cantilevers projecting from the piers and connected by girders.
Etymology: 17th c.: orig. unkn.