Definition of Cascebel
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. [See Illust. of Cannon.]
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- A variety of small, round, hot chili pepper (Capsicum annuum). Named so because the seeds make a rattling noise when the pepper is dried.
- A knob at the end of a cannon, cast onto the gunbarrel, to which ropes are attached.
- A bell attached to a sleigh or sleigh harness.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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