Trunnion
[trʌnjәn]
Definition
(n.) A cylindrical projection on each side of a piece, whether gun, mortar, or howitzer, serving to support it on the cheeks of the carriage. See Illust. of Cannon.
(n.) A gudgeon on each side of an oscillating steam cylinder, to support it. It is usually tubular, to convey steam.
Typist: Ruben
Definition
n. one of the knobs on each side of a gun on which it rests on the carriage: in steam-engines a hollow gudgeon on each side of an oscillating cylinder serving as a support to it.—adj. Trunn′ioned provided with trunnions.—n. Trunn′ion-plate a raised rim forming a shoulder around the trunnion of a gun.
Typist: Rudy
Examples
- The different parts of these are called the tube, jacket, hoops, locking rings, trunnion rings, wire winding, etc. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- It is erected on a solid masonry pillar 14 by 7 feet at the base, which carries on its top, on trunnions, an oak beam 20 feet long and 12 by 14 inches thick. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
Editor: Mamie