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trunnion

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trunnion [′trən·yən]
(design engineering)
Either of two opposite pivots, journals, or gudgeons, usually cylindrical and horizontal, projecting one from each side of a piece of ordnance, the cylinder of an oscillating engine, a molding flask, or a converter, and supported by bearings to provide a means of swiveling or turning.
A pin or pivot usually mounted on bearings for rotating or tilting something.
(engineering)
A tubular section of steel welded to the side of a pipe in order to help support the pipe.
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George Willard found Louise Trunnion in the kitchen of her father's house.
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I have seen Tom Pipes go climbing up the church-steeple; I have watched Strap, with the knapsack on his back, stopping to rest himself upon the wicket-gate; and I know that Commodore Trunnion held that club with Mr.
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There was some justification for Kim - he had kicked Lala Dinanath's boy off the trunnions - since the English held the Punjab and Kim was English.
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