Caisson
['keɪs(ə)n;kə'suːn] or ['kesən]
Definition
(noun.) large watertight chamber used for construction under water.
(noun.) a chest to hold ammunition.
(noun.) a two-wheeled military vehicle carrying artillery ammunition.
Edited by Laurence--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A chest to hold ammunition.
(n.) A four-wheeled carriage for conveying ammunition, consisting of two parts, a body and a limber. In light field batteries there is one caisson to each piece, having two ammunition boxes on the body, and one on the limber.
(n.) A chest filled with explosive materials, to be laid in the way of an enemy and exploded on his approach.
(n.) A water-tight box, of timber or iron within which work is carried on in building foundations or structures below the water level.
(n.) A hollow floating box, usually of iron, which serves to close the entrances of docks and basins.
(n.) A structure, usually with an air chamber, placed beneath a vessel to lift or float it.
(n.) A sunk panel of ceilings or soffits.
Edited by Brent
Definition
n. a tumbril or ammunition wagon: a chest filled with explosive materials: a strong case for keeping out the water while the foundations of a bridge are being built: an apparatus for lifting a vessel out of the water for repairs or inspection: the pontoon or floating gate used to close a dry-dock.
Typed by Bartholdi
Examples
- Such an arrangement for work under water is called a caisson. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The safety-lamp had been given to the miner, the caisson to the bridge-builder, the anti-friction metal to the mechanic for bearings. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- No guns or caissons should be taken with less than eight horses. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Before leaving Spottsylvania, therefore, I sent back to the defences of Washington over one hundred pieces of artillery, with the horses and caissons. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- In many cases men work in diving suits rather than in caissons; these suits are made of rubber except for the head piece, which is of metal provided with transparent eyepieces. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- To meet this situation, three massive reinforced concrete caissons were built on the surface. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
Typist: Marcus