TRUNNIONS
, of a piece of ordnance, are those knobs or short cylinders of metal on the sides, by which it rests on the cheeks of the carriage.
Trunnion-Ring, is the ring about a cannon, next before the Trunnions.
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Entry taken from A Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary, by Charles Hutton, 1796.
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