cascabel

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Definition of cascabel in English English dictionary

A knob at the end of a cannon, cast onto the gunbarrel, to which ropes are attached

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 bell attached to a sleigh or sleigh harness

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of Cannon

In old writers it included all in rear of the base ring

The projection in rear of the breech of a cannon, usually a knob or breeching loop connected with the gun by a neck

Hyphenation

cas·ca·bel

Synonyms

coban

Etymology

() From the Spanish cascabel (“bell or rattle”).