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Definition of: trunnion
(trun′yən) noun
1. One of two opposite cylindrical projections from the sides of a cannon, forming an axis on which it is elevated or depressed.
2. A similar support on which the cylinders of some engines oscillate. [<F trognon the core of a fruit, a stump, trunk; ult. origin unknown]
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