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Cascabel
Pronunciation : Cas"ca*bel
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Sp. cascabel a little bell, also (fr. the shape), a knob at the breech end of a cannon.]
Definition : Defn: 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
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