CASCABEL

Etymology

Noun

cascabel (plural cascabels)

A small, round, hot variety of chili pepper, Capsicum annuum, which rattles when dry.

A knob at the end of a cannon, cast onto the gun barrel, to which ropes are attached in order to control recoil.

A bell attached to a sleigh or sleigh harness.

Synonyms

• (pepper): chile bola, bola chile, rattle chile, coban

• (bell attached to a sleigh): jingle bell

Anagrams

• accables, cascable

Source: Wiktionary

Cas"ca*bel, n. Etym: [Sp. cascabel a little bell, also (fr. the shape), a knob at the breech end of a cannon.]

Definition: The projection in rear of the breech of a cannon, usually a knob or breeching loop connected with the gun by a neck. In old writers it included all in rear of the base ring.

Note: [See Illust. of Cannon.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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