Associations to the word «Trunnion»

Wiktionary

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

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca