TRUNNION

Definition: TRUNNION

TRUNNION

Noun

1. A gudgeon on each side of an oscillating steam cylinder, to support it. It is usually tubular, to convey steam.

2. 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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "TRUNNION" was first used: 1625. (references)

Etymology: Trunnion \Trun"nion\, noun. [Old French expression trognon the stock, stump, or truck of tree, French trognon core, stalk, from tron trunk, stem. Compare to Trunk.]. (Websters 1913)

"TRUNNION" is a common misspelling or typo for: Reunion, Trenton.

Metallurgy

Mining

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Convexity

Peg, button, stud, ridge, rib, jutty, trunnion, snag.

Support

Trunnion, pivot, rowlock; peg; (pendency); tiebeam; (fastening); thole pin.

Crosswords: TRUNNION

No second guesses. Every part of every gun turned out for national defense is inspected for accuracy. Inspector at an eastern arsenal checks the dimensions of a finished trunnion for a 16-inch gun, barbette carriage. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Expressions using "TRUNNION": Trunnion plate ♦ Trunnion ring. Additional references.

Arabic 

‏المبرم مرتكز الدوران. (various references)

Bulgarian 

Палец (Tapper), Цапфа. (various references)

Chinese 

耳轴. (various references)

Danish

vendetap, svingtap, lejetap (bearing neck, gudgeon pin, piston pin), akseltap (journal, neck of the axle, shaft journal). (various references)

Dutch

tap(soms:kraagleger)(kp-lager) (crank pin bearing roll nock, neck, neck journal), tap (electric plug, faucet, pivot, plug, spindle, stopper, tap), wentelnok, ring (ring), krukpenlager (crank pin bearing roll nock, neck, neck journal), halstap (crank pin bearing roll nock, neck, neck journal), flens (crank pin bearing roll nock, flange, mounting base, neck, neck journal, seating), druif (grape), cardantap, astap (journal, shaft journal). (various references)

Finnish

kääntötappi. (various references)

French

Tourillon. (various references)

German

Zapfen (bung, cone, draw, faucet, gudgeon, icicle, pin, pull, spigot, spigots, stopper, tap, tenon, trunnions). (various references)

Greek 

στροφέας ελικοφόρου άξονα (shaft journal), στροφάλιγγας, ήλος ανάρτησης, άξονας σταυρού (bearing neck, gudgeon pin, piston pin), άξονας περιστροφής (axis of revolution, axis of rotation, bearing neck, gudgeon pin, piston pin), άξονας άρθρωσης (bearing neck, gudgeon pin, piston pin), Υποστήριγμα Τηλεβόλου, αυχένας (neck), � ροεξοχή Τηλεβόλου. (various references)

Hungarian

Csõcsap. (various references)

Italian

perno di articolazione (king pin, swivel pin), perno (axis, axle, gib, gudgeon, hinge, hub, kingpin, mainstay, pin, pivot, spindle, stud, support, swivel), pernio di rotazione, fusello della sala (shaft journal), crociera (cruise), collare (collar, ruff, size). (various references)

Pig Latin

unniontray

Portuguese

pino (bolt, dowel, kingpin, pin, tenon), perno (bearing neck, cotter pin, gudgeon pin, joining pin, pin bolt, piston pin), munhão (pin, stud), moente (boss, journal, lever boss), espiga (fang, joggle, pivot, stalk, tenon), eixo (axis, center line, centre line, hub, kingpin, shaft, spindle), dedal de cardan. (various references)

Romanian

Pivot (cone, gudgeon, hinge, pintle, pivot, Spike, spindle), Fus (cone, hasp, journal, linchpin, mandrel, shaft, spindle). (various references)

Russian 

Цапфа. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

pričvršćivač postolja oružja. (various references)

Spanish

varilla (dipstick, stair rod), soporte giratorio, perno (bolt, pin, pintle), muñón (journal, pivot, stump), gorrón (bummer, cadger, journal, mumper, pebble, pivot, scrounger, sponger), espiga (clapper, dowel, ear, fuse, fuze, masthead, peg, shaft, spigot, Spike, sprig, tang, tenon), eje (axis, axle, axletree, hinge, hub, linchpin, pivot, shaft, spindle), apoyo (advocacy, backing, bolster, buttress, countenance, Favor, favour, purchase, rest, support, upholder). (various references)

Swedish

vändtapp. (various references)

Turkish

Top Muylusu. (various references)

Vietnamese 

ngõng (pivot). (various references)

trognon. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "TRUNNION": trunnions. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: intron, inturn, turnon, untorn.

-3 letters: intro, inurn, ninon, niton, nitro, rutin, union.

-4 letters: inro, into, iron, noir, nori, noun, riot, roti, rout, ruin, runt, tiro, tori, torn, tour, trio, turn, unit, unto.

-5 letters: inn, ion, nit, nor, not, nun, nut, ort, our, out, rin, rot, run, rut, tin, ton, tor, tui, tun, urn.

+1 letter: trunnions.

+2 letters: interunion, nonroutine, outrunning, unthroning.

+3 letters: annunciator, antineutron, incongruent, interneuron, internuncio, interunions, nonindustry, nonroutines, nonruminant, outgrinning.

+4 letters: annunciators, annunciatory, antineutrino, antineutrons, encountering, interneurons, internucleon, internuncios, noncountries, nonintrusive, nonnutritive, nonruminants, renunciation, truncheoning, unconstraint.

+5 letters: anthraquinone, antineutrinos, countermining, incongruently, intermountain, interneuronal, nonindustrial, nonnutritious, nonregulation, nonuniformity, nonuniversity, pronunciation, rencountering, renunciations, transmountain, unconstrained, unconstraints, undercounting.