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Cascabel

Webster's Dictionary

(n.) 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.]

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Cascabel'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/cascabel.html. 1828.