Obs. Also 7 -nooze, -nose. ‘The base-ring about the breech of a gun’ (Kersey).
1626. Capt. Smith, Accid. Yng. Sea-men, 32. Her carnooze, or base ring at her britch. Ibid. (1627), Seaman’s Gram., xiv. 65. Carnouse … is the greatest circle about her britch.
1678. Phillips, Carnose.
1708. in Kersey.
1731. in Bailey.
