cascabel

cas·ca·bel  (ksk-bl)

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 *cascbellus, probably from *quassicre, to rattle, crack, from Latin quassre, to shatter; see squash². Sense 1, from the sound of the loose seeds in the dried fruit.]

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cascabel [ˈkæskəˌbɛl]

n

1. (Military / Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) a knoblike protrusion on the rear part of the breech of an obsolete muzzle-loading cannon

2. (Military / Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) the rear part itself

[from Spanish: small bell, rattle, of uncertain origin]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

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