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caisson [kəˈsuːn ˈkeɪsən] n
1. (Engineering / Civil Engineering) a watertight chamber open at the bottom and containing air under pressure, used to carry out construction work under water 2. (Engineering / Civil Engineering) a similar unpressurized chamber 3. (Engineering / General Engineering) a watertight float filled with air, used to raise sunken ships See also camel [2] 4. (Engineering / General Engineering) a watertight structure placed across the entrance of a basin, dry dock, etc., to exclude water from it 5. (Military / Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) a. a box containing explosives, formerly used as a mine b. an ammunition chest c. a two-wheeled vehicle containing an ammunition chest 6. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) another name for coffer [3] [from French, assimilated to caisse case2] ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Translations caisson [ˈkeɪsən] N (Mech) → cajón m hidráulico (Naut) → cajón m de suspensión; [of dry-dock] → puerta f de dique (Mil) → cajón m de municiones caisson n (Mil) → Munitionskiste f; (= wagon) → Munitionswagen m How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| A battery of artillery followed, the cannoneers riding with folded arms on limber and caisson. At a few steps distant from the vehicle he now found a company of some thirty stragglers collected around an immense fire, which they were feeding with planks, caisson covers, wheels, and broken carriages. Cossacks, foot and horse soldiers, wagons, caissons, and cannon were everywhere. |
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