Usually means: Hinge or pivot on cannon.
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  1. trunnion: Merriam-Webster
  2. trunnion: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. trunnion: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. trunnion: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Trunnion, trunnion: Wordnik
  6. trunnion: Wiktionary
  7. trunnion: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. trunnion: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. trunnion: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. trunnion: Dictionary.com
  11. trunnion: Online Etymology Dictionary
  12. Trunnion: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Trunnion: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. trunnion: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. Trunnion: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. trunnion: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  17. trunnion: FreeDictionary.org
  18. trunnion: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  19. trunnion: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (trunnion)

noun:  One of the short stubby bearings on either side of a cannon; a pintle.
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.
noun:  A shaft, held by a bearing, at each end or side of a rotatable object.
noun:  A similar rotational bearing used in automotive suspensions.

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