Căs'ca-bĕl, n.

n. [Sp. cascabel and cascabillo, a little bell, a button or knob at the end of a cannon, probably corrupted (for escabel) from Lat. scabillum, scabellum, an instrument of the nature of the castanet; Fr. cascavel, a little bell.] That part of a cannon in rear of the base-ring. [See Illust. of Cannon.]