cannon box

noun

A type of enclosure for axle bearings.

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Meanings

nouncannon box (plural cannon boxes)

plural cannon boxes

  1. engineeringA type of enclosure for axle bearings.

    The outermost non-driven axle forms a pony truck within the bogie frame, with its bearings in a cannon box.

    1959 June, “The first "Peak" class 2,300 h.p. diesel-electric locomotive for B.R.”, in Trains Illustrated, page 296
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