cascabel

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cascabel - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Cascabel \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.
  
     Note: [See Illust. of Cannon.]
           [1913 Webster]

cascabel - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  cascabel
      n 1: a bell attached to a sleigh, or to the harness of a horse
           that is pulling a sleigh [syn: sleigh bell, cascabel]