cascabel Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a bell attached to a sleigh, or to the harness of a horse that is pulling a sleigh
    sleigh bell.

WordNet

Cas"ca*bel noun
Etymology
Sp. cascabel a little bell, also (fr. the shape), a knob at the breech end of a cannon.
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913