Joe Curry wrote:
> > "Trunion". I have to say, this is the first time I ever
> > remember
> > hearing the word outside the world of LBS's.
Tom Carney replies:
> Little British Ships???
Bob adds:
Sure, there's nautical a connection. Webster's "New World"
dictionary defines trunnion as:-
(trun'yen), n. either of two projection journals on each side of
a cannon, etc., on which it pivots.
There were plenty of cannons on early LBS's. Trunnion was also
used to denote the journals on which the ship's rudder pivoted
(as was "gudgeon").
--
Bob Sykes
"You can't beat your brains for entertainment."
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