pantle

From Middle English pantelle (cf. pontel), from paunter, or either a variant of panter or a word derived from the same source (Anglo-Norman panter). Appears already by the 15th century. By surface analysis, panter +‎ -le (“suffix forming diminutives”).

pantle (plural pantles)

1. (obsolete, Lancashire) Alternative form of panter (“A net or noose for catching birds”)

• “pantle”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.