The Collaborative International Dictionary
To chaunt horses
Chant \Chant\, v. i.
To make melody with the voice; to sing. ``Chant to the sound of the viol.''
--Amos vi. 5.-
(Mus.) To sing, as in reciting a chant.
To chant horses or To chaunt horses, to sing their praise; to overpraise; to cheat in selling. See Chaunter.
--Thackeray.