Etymograph

English

rimbase

From rim + base.

A compound of rim + base

Proto-Germanic *rimô

Proto-West Germanic *rimō

Old English rima ‘rim, edge, border, bank, coast’

Middle English rim

English rim

Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- ‘to come’

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Ancient Greek βᾰ́σῐς ‘stepping’

Latin basis ‘a pedestal’

Old French base

Middle English base ‘a foundation or base’

English base

Today it means

noun One of two short cylinders on either side of the trunnion, connecting it with the body of a cannon.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “rimbase”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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