Canterbury bell

( Bot.) A name given by gardeners to the Campanula medium. - See CAMPANULA. Can'terbury-gallop, n. (Man.) See CANTER. Can'terbury-tale, n. A kind of fanciful romance; so designated from the "Canterbury Tales" of Chaucer. Cante'rii, n. pl. [Lat.] ( Arch. ) A term employed in ancient architecture to denote the beams of wood in the framework of a roof, extending from the ridge to the eaves, corresponding to the rafters of a modern roof. The word was also applied to two inclining reeds fixed in the ground some distance asunder and meeting at the top, for the support of vines.