†(a) some part of an ancient gun or its carriage; †(b) a pin for the tail of a woman's gown; (c) the centre in the tail-spindle of a lathe; (d) Music…

? Breeching for cannon; or perhaps = bracket, n. 3.

Gunnery. A metal plate covering the cheeks of a gun carriage. Now historical and rare.

In technical applications. A cross-piece connecting the cheeks of a gun-carriage.

a bolt on a gun carriage by which the gun is manoeuvred.

One of the two ‘cheeks’ or side-pieces of a gun-carriage, which support the trunnions of a piece of ordnance; also used of the entire carriage of…

an iron bolt securing a mortar to its brackets.

A pin or bolt, esp. one on which another part in a mechanism turns; spec. Gunnery. (a) An iron pin lessening or controlling the recoil of a…

Gunnery. A length of wood on which the side piece of a gun carriage rests. Obsolete.

an ‘eye’ or perforated piece fixed on the trail-plate, used in limbering up.

A wedge-shaped or other piece fastened on, or left projecting, for any purpose; e.g. as a handle; a trunnion-bracket on a gun-carriage.

(a) a circular guard on a sword or dagger; (b) a guard to protect a wheel from dirt or injury, or to prevent it from chafing some other part of…

An implement resembling a spade in form or use. A spade-like attachment serving to increase the grip of a wheel, retard the motion of a conical…

the hole in the hub of a wheel into which the axle is inserted.

The base-frame, forming the lower part of the carriage of a barbette or casemate gun, on which it can be slid backward and forward.

A revolving platform, table, stand, or disk of various kinds: see quots.; spec. (a) a rotating disk on which microscope slides are held for…

(see quot.).

a projection at the lower end of the trail of a gun-carriage.