Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A small, round, medium-hot dried chili.
- noun A rounded projection behind the breech of a muzzleloading cannon.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun That part of a cannon which is behind the base-ring, including the base and knob.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The projection in rear of the breech of a cannon, usually a knob or breeching loop connected with the gun by a neck. In old writers it included all in rear of the base ring. [See
Illust. ofcannon .]
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A small, round, hot
variety ofchili pepper , Capsicum annuum, which rattles when dry. - noun A
knob at the end of acannon , cast onto the gun barrel, to which ropes are attached in order to control recoil. - noun A
bell attached to asleigh or sleigh harness.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a bell attached to a sleigh, or to the harness of a horse that is pulling a sleigh
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The "Chila-atole," made with the herb "nurite" and chile cascabel, is a favorite during the coldest weather and to mothers who've just given birth.
The Meseta Purepecha 2008
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The "Chila-atole," made with the herb "nurite" and chile cascabel, is a favorite during the coldest weather and to mothers who've just given birth.
The Meseta Purepecha 2008
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Smooth-skinned varieties, such as cascabel and guajillo, tend to burn more easily than the thicker-skinned, wrinkled ones.
Warm Reading For Cool Nights: A Guide To Mexican Chiles Part 2: Dried Chiles 2003
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Smooth-skinned varieties, such as cascabel and guajillo, tend to burn more easily than the thicker-skinned, wrinkled ones.
Warm Reading For Cool Nights: A Guide To Mexican Chiles Part 2: Dried Chiles 2003
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The round, deep reddish brown dried chiles called cascabel (because the seeds are loose and sound like a rattlesnake's "rattler") are mild but very tasty.
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The round, deep reddish brown dried chiles called cascabel (because the seeds are loose and sound like a rattlesnake's "rattler") are mild but very tasty.
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April 26th, 2010 at 10: 57 pm tombaker says: cascabel, baby!!
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The round, deep reddish brown dried chiles called cascabel (because the seeds are loose and sound like a rattlesnake's "rattler") are mild but very tasty.
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For the tamale filling, cubed pork is simmered with whole heads of garlic and onions; the meat is hand-chopped and warmed with a “salsa” — really a thick paste of ancho (dried poblanos) and cascabel chiles, reconstituted and slowly sauteed with garlic and onions — until the moderate heat of the chiles permeates the meat.
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Aruba also has two snakes: the cascabel (Crotalus thurissus unicolor), an endangered subspecies of rattlesnake, which does not use its rattle; and the Aruba cat-eyed snake (Leptodira bakeri).
chained_bear commented on the word cascabel
Learned this word on artillery duty today. It's the nipple-looking thing on the back of a muzzle-loading cannon barrel. It was usually made the same size as the gun's bore, so you could tell at a glance if you had the right ammunition.
What a purty word, though, huh?
October 14, 2007
skipvia commented on the word cascabel
I have ALWAYS wondered why that was there. It never occurred to me that it had a name. I truckle in your virtual presence.
October 14, 2007
reesetee commented on the word cascabel
Aha! So that's why that's there!
The first time I heard this word was when we were learning how to sing "Jingle Bells" in Spanish (in elementary school). I believe it means "little round bell."
October 14, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word cascabel
See also pommelion.
October 10, 2008
knitandpurl commented on the word cascabel
"He showed Jack the two twelve-pounders with great good will. 'As pretty a pair as the heart of man could desire,' he said, stroking their cascabels as Jack signed for them; but after that his mood seemed to change – there were several other captains in front of Jack – fair was fair – turn and turn about – them thirty-sixes were all in the way and would have to be moved first – he was precious short of hands."
Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brian, p 62 of the Norton paperback edition
July 8, 2019