Hypertext Webster Gateway: "cascabel"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

cascabel
n : bell attached to a sleigh, or to harness of horse pulling a
sleigh [syn: {sleigh bell}]


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