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Webster 1913 Edition
Cascabel
Cas′ca-bel
,Noun.
[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.
[See Illust. of
Cannon
.]Webster 1828 Edition
Cascabel
CASCABEL
,Noun.