CASCABEL


Meaning of CASCABEL in English

/kas"keuh bel'/ , n.

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

[ 1630-40; cascavel, akin to ML * cascabellus, equiv. to VL * cascab ( us ) (var. of L caccabus pot) + L -ellus dim. suffix ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .