Caisson

What do we mean by caisson?

A watertight structure within which construction work is carried on under water. noun

A large box open at the top and one side, designed to fit against the side of a ship and used to repair damaged hulls under water. noun

A floating structure used to close off the entrance to a dock or canal lock. noun

A horse-drawn vehicle, usually two-wheeled, used to carry artillery ammunition and coffins at military funerals. noun

A large box used to hold ammunition. noun

Milit.: A wooden chest into which several bombs are put, and sometimes gunpowder, to be exploded in the way of an enemy or under some work of which he has gained possession. noun

An ammunition-wagon; also, an ammunition-chest. noun

In architecture, a sunken panel in a coffered ceiling or in the soffit of Roman or Renaissance architecture, etc.; a coffer; a lacunar. See cut under coffer. noun

In civil engineering: A vessel in the form of a boat, used as a flood-gate in docks. noun

An apparatus on which vessels may be raised and floated; especially, a kind of floating dock, which may be sunk and floated under a vessel's keel, used for docking vessels at their moorings, without removing stores or masts. (See floating dock, under dock.) noun

A water-tight box or casing used in founding and building structures in water too deep for a coffer-dam, such as piers of bridges, quays, etc. noun

A chest to hold ammunition. noun

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. noun

A chest filled with explosive materials, to be laid in the way of an enemy and exploded on his approach. noun

A water-tight box, of timber or iron within which work is carried on in building foundations or structures below the water level. noun

A hollow floating box, usually of iron, which serves to close the entrances of docks and basins. noun

An enclosure from which water can be expelled, in order to give access to underwater areas for engineering works etc.

The gate across the entrance to a dry dock.

A floating tank that can be submerged, attached to an underwater object and then pumped out to lift the object by buoyancy; a camel.

A two-wheeled, horse-drawn military vehicle used to carry ammunition (and a coffin at funerals).

A large box to hold ammunition.

A chest filled with explosive materials, used like a mine.

A coffer.

Words that are spelled similarly to caisson:
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