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noun
A small, round, hot variety of chili pepper, Capsicum annuum, which rattles when dry.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A bell attached to a sleigh or sleigh harness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
a bell attached to a sleigh, or to the harness of a horse that is pulling a sleigh
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: sleigh bell
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Broader terms: bell
History
Borrowed from Spanish cascabel (“bell, rattle”).
Across languages
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