antler

[ant-ler] /ˈænt lər/

noun

one of the solid deciduous horns, usually branched, of an animal of the deer family.

Origin

1350-1400; Middle English aunteler < Middle French antoillier < Vulgar Latin *anteoculārem (rāmum), accusative singular of *anteoculāris (rāmus) anteocular (branch of a stag's horn). See ante-, ocular

Related forms

antlerless, adjective

Examples from the web for antler

From the kudu horn made from the spiral-horned antler to the plastic horn is not such a great distance.
For this reason, it attracts a large number of shed antler hunters every winter and spring.

British Dictionary definitions for antler

antler

/ˈæntlə/

noun

one of a pair of bony outgrowths on the heads of male deer and some related species of either sex. The antlers are shed each year and those of some species grow more branches as the animal ages

Word Origin

C14: from Old French antoillier, from Vulgar Latin anteoculare (unattested) (something) in front of the eye

Word Origin and History for antler

late 14c., from Anglo-French auntiler, Old French antoillier (14c., Modern French andouiller) "antler," perhaps from Gallo-Romance cornu *antoculare "horn in front of the eyes," from Latin ante "before" (see ante) + ocularis "of the eyes" (see ocular). This etymology is doubted by some because no similar word exists in any other Romance language, but cf. German Augensprossen "antlers," literally "eye-sprouts," for a similar formation.