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Cascabel logo #10101) Artillery component 2) Bell 3) Jingle bell 4) Sleigh bell
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Cascabel

Cascabel logo #21000[artillery] A cascabel is a subassembly of a muzzle loading cannon - a place to attach arresting ropes to deal with the recoil of firing the cannon. Generally comprising the knob (A) and the neck (B), with particular models also featuring a filet (C). By some definitions, the cascabel additionally includes the base of the breech (D). Cascab...
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cascabel

cascabel logo #22641part behind the base-ring of a cannon
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Cascabel

Cascabel logo #21002• (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.]
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Cascabel

Cascabel logo #20972Cas'ca·bel noun [ Spanish 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 Illu...
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Cascabel

Cascabel logo #21252Knob at touch-hole end of a cannon.
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