| sleigh bell | (n) a bell attached to a sleigh, or to the harness of a horse that is pulling a sleigh, Syn. cascabel |
| Cascabel | n. [ Sp. cascabel a little bell, also (fr. the shape), a knob at the breech end of a cannon. ] 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. of Cannon. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |