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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In gunnery: A short cylinder connecting a trunnion with the body of a cannon.
  • noun The shoulder on the stock of a musket against which the breech of the barrel rests.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Mil.) A short cylinder connecting a trunnion with the body of a cannon. See Illust. of cannon.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun military, historical A short cylinder connecting a trunnion with the body of a cannon.

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