CASCABELS

Noun

cascabels

plural of cascabel

Anagrams

• cascables

Source: Wiktionary


CASCABEL

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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