cascabel

cas·ca·bel

C0137150 (kăs′kə-bĕl′)n.1. A small, round, medium-hot dried chili.2. A rounded projection behind the breech of a muzzleloading cannon.

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[Spanish, bell, rattle, from Old Provençal cascavel, from Vulgar Latin *cascābellus, probably from *quassicāre, to rattle, crack, from Latin quassāre, to shatter; see squash². Sense 1, from the sound of the loose seeds in the dried fruit.]

cascabel

(ˈkæskəˌbɛl) n1. (Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) a knoblike protrusion on the rear part of the breech of an obsolete muzzle-loading cannon2. (Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) the rear part itself[C17: from Spanish: small bell, rattle, of uncertain origin]

cas•ca•bel

(ˈkæs kəˌbɛl)

n. a knoblike projection at the rear of the breech of a muzzleloading cannon. [1630–40; < Sp: little bell]

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cascabel - a bell attached to a sleigh, or to the harness of a horse that is pulling a sleighsleigh bellbell - a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck