ˈantlə(r), ˈaan- noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English aunteler, from Middle French antoillier, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin anteoculare, from neuter of anteocularis located before the eye, from Latin ante- + oculus eye + -aris -ar — more at eye
: a horn of an animal of the deer family being typically present only in the male and differing from the horns of other ruminants in being a solid generally branched bony outgrowth that is shed and renewed annually ; sometimes : a branch of an antler — see beam ; compare velvet