Cascabel

Quick meaning: Cascabel is a noun meaning A small, round, hot variety of chili pepper, Capsicum annuum, which rattles when dry.

Meaning

A small, round, hot variety of chili pepper, Capsicum annuum, which rattles when dry.

More Meanings

1. A knob at the end of a cannon, cast onto the gun breech, to which a heavy rope is attached in order to control recoil.
2. A bell attached to a sleigh or sleigh harness.

Example Sentences

Prepare the cascabels using one of the methods in the Preparing Cascabels box, at left.

Cascabels are available dried in Latin American markets. Hot and nutty in flavor, cascabels are good in sauces, beans, and chilis.

This iron cannon with a single muzzle band, without trunnions and with an oversized cascabel is believed by many to be the original “Come and Take It” cannon and is displayed at the Gonzales Memorial Museum and occasionally elsewhere within Texas.

The cascabel, instead of being permanently attached to the breech of the piece, is set into it by means of a screw, and thus in reality the bore extends the entire distance of the gun, so that when the cascabel is taken off one can look directly through the gun.

Word Forms

• cascabels

Synonyms for cascabel

Depending on context, synonyms include coban.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include mulato, capsicum, cubanelle, rocoto, cachucha, chili.

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