In Surprised by Joy C S Lewis talks about how much he hated going to parties at a certain age. He says
To me it was all inexplicable, unprovoked persecution; and when, as often
happened, such engagements fell in the last week of the holidays and wrested
from us a huge cantle of hours in which every minute was worth gold, I
positively felt that I could have torn my hostess limb from limb.
A cantle can be part of a saddle but here it is a corner, segment, or portion; a piece.
AnoOher example
They are here set down, most holy father, upon a cantle of sheep-skin Conan Doyle in The White Company
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