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Trunnion   Listen
noun
Trunnion  n.  
1.
(Gun.) A cylindrical projection on each side of a piece, whether gun, mortar, or howitzer, serving to support it on the cheeks of the carriage.
2.
(Steam Engine) A gudgeon on each side of an oscillating steam cylinder, to support it. It is usually tubular, to convey steam.
Trunnion plate (Gun.), a plate in the carriage of a gun, mortar, or howitzer, which covers the upper part of the cheek, and forms a bearing under the trunnion.
Trunnion ring (Gun.), a ring on a cannon next before the trunnions. (R.)





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"Trunnion" Quotes from Famous Books



... who had barked themselves red-hot then, were strangely hushed now. Loosed from their moorings, they huddled, together beneath him half under water, like so many great black beasts, cowed, it seemed, almost ashamed; here a huge breech showing, there a blunt snout, and again a thrusting trunnion. ...
— The Gentleman - A Romance of the Sea • Alfred Ollivant


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