cascabel

• The small ingots for each medal are smelted from the bronze cascabel plugs of the smooth bore Russian gun. —  PA Pundits - International
• A surprising dish is the duck "enfrijolada" served with poached egg, rioja wine and cascabel chile sauce.
• The great tiger-snake is seen with its head raised half a yard from the surface; the cascabel, too, coiled like a cable; and the coral-snake with his red and ringed body stretched at full length along the ground. —  The Rifle Rangers
• Many naval guns of the period are characterized by a hole in the cascabel, through which the breeching tackle was run to check recoil. —  Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America
• Hanging from the cascabel are two pouches: the tube-pouch containing friction "tubes" (primers for the vent) and the lanyard; and the gunner's pouch with the gunner's level, breech-sight, pick, gimlet, vent-punch, chalk, and fingerstall (a leather cover for the gunner's second left finger when the gun gets hot). —  Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America

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