caisson
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
caisson (plural caissons)
- (engineering) An enclosure from which water can be expelled, in order to give access to underwater areas for engineering works etc.
- 2003, Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything, BCA, p. 213:
- Caissons were enclosed dry chambers built on river beds to facilitate the construction of bridge piers.
- 2003, Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything, BCA, p. 213:
- The gate across the entrance to a dry dock.
- (nautical) A floating tank that can be submerged, attached to an underwater object and then pumped out to lift the object by buoyancy; a camel.
- (military) A two-wheeled, horse-drawn military vehicle used to carry ammunition (and a coffin at funerals).
- (military) A large box to hold ammunition.
- (military) A chest filled with explosive materials, used like a mine.
- (architecture) A coffer.
- Russian: батопорт
- Russian: понтон
- Russian: зарядный я́щик
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