quant (2)EnglishOxford New American Dictionaryquant2 /kwänt, kwɑnt / ▸ noun British a pole for propelling a barge or punt, especially one with a prong at the bottom to prevent it sinking into the mud. – ORIGIN late Middle English : perhaps from Latin contus, from Greek kontos ‘boat pole’.
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