cascabel

[ kas-kuh-bel ]
/ ˈkæs kəˌbɛl /

noun

a knoblike projection at the rear of the breech of a muzzleloading cannon.

Origin of cascabel

1630–40; < Spanish: little round bell, rattle < Old Provençal cascavel, akin to Medieval Latin *cascabellus, equivalent to Vulgar Latin *cascab(us) (variant of Latin caccabus pot) + Latin -ellus diminutive suffix

Words nearby cascabel

casanova, giovanni jacopo, casaque, casas, casaubon, casbah, cascabel, cascade, cascade molecule, cascade particle, cascade range, cascade stomach

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British Dictionary definitions for cascabel

cascabel
/ (ˈkæskəˌbɛl) /

noun

a knoblike protrusion on the rear part of the breech of an obsolete muzzle-loading cannon
the rear part itself

Word Origin for cascabel

C17: from Spanish: small bell, rattle, of uncertain origin