noun

definition

One of the short stubby bearings on either side of a cannon; a gudgeon.

definition

A similar rotational bearing comprising a rotating arc or ring sliding in the groove of a stationary arc, used in machinery to allow a workpiece to be moved relative to a fixed tool.

definition

A similar rotational bearing used in automotive suspensions.

Examples of trunnion in a Sentence

A few of these guns have a trunnion ring made of cast iron.

To make the ligament, a very large number of exceedingly fine copper wires laid close together are soldered to the upper surface of the upper trunnion.

Owing to the conical shape of the early muzzle-loading guns, if one trunnion were higher than the other, the " line of metal " would no longer be in the same vertical plane as the axis; in consequence of this, if a gun with, say, one wheel higher than the other were layed by this line, the axis would point off the target to the side of the lower wheel.

Watkin, C.B., introduced a hydroclinometer fixed on the trunnion.

The bearings for receiving these trunnions are V-shaped; the V on one side is fixed, while the other is cut through and can be narrowed or made wider, thus lifting or lowering the trunnion by means of two capstan-headed screws.

The verniers are attached to arms uu bearing on an enlargement of one trunnion of the telescope, one arm pro j ecting downwards and embracing a projection on the standard t.

The fitment of the top trunnion requires correct shimming to prevent any vertical movement and without binding.

Remove the split pin and undo the slotted nut from the trunnion bolt.

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