Look up: caisson

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   Caisson
   A caisson is a water-tight box, usually of sheet iron, and constructed so that it may be floated or sunk at will. Caissons are used for two distinct purposes. 1) for closing the entrance to docks, the caissons being of two general types, floating and sliding. Floating caissons include those which, when the height of the water inside and outside of the dock is the same, are raised by their natural buoyancy from the bottom, and may be floated out of their position against the sill into a recess pr...
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   caisson
   [n] - a two-wheeled military vehicle carrying artillery ammunition 2. [n] - a chest to hold ammunition 3. [n] - large watertight chamber used for construction under water
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   caisson
   1. one of several columns made of steel or concrete, which serves as the foundation for a rigid offshore platform rig, such as the concrete gravity platform rig. 2. a steel or concrete chamber that surrounds equipment below the waterline of an arctic submersible rig, thereby protecting the equipment from damage by moving ice.
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   Caisson
   Cais'son noun [ French, from caisse , case, chest. See 1st Case .] 1. (Mil.) (a) A chest to hold ammunition. (b) 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. Farrow. (c)< ...
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   caisson
   pneumatic caisson noun large watertight chamber used for construction under water
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   caisson
   noun a chest to hold ammunition
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   Caisson
   `Caisson` may refer to: *`Caisson`, a pen-name of Edward Sperling *Caisson (engineering), a sealed underwater structure **Caisson disease, decompression sickness, named for the structure **Caisson lock, a type of canal lock in which a narrowboat is enclosed in a sealed box and raised or lowered between two water levels **Caisson (water transport), the water-filled trough used to transport boats on a boat lift or canal inclined plane **Caisson, a...
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   Caisson
   • (n.) A chest to hold ammunition. • (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 structure, usually with an air chamber, placed beneath a vessel to lift or float it. • (n.) A chest filled with explosive materials, to be laid in th...
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   caisson
   in engineering, boxlike structure used in construction work underwater or as a foundation. It is usually rectangular or circular in plan and may be ... [8 related articles]
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    Caisson
    - A 10' or 12' diameter hole drilled into the earth and embedded into bedrock 3 - 4 feet. The structural support for a type of foundation wall, porch, patio, monopost, or other structure. Two or more 'sticks' of reinforcing bars (rebar) are inserted into and run the full length of the hole and concrete is poured into the caisson hole
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    caisson
    
    1. an ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome
    2. a two-wheeled military vehicle carrying artillery ammunition
    3. a chest to hold ammunition
    4. large watertight chamber used for construction under water
    
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    caisson
    caisson (kā'sun, –son) [Fr.,=big box], in engineering, a chamber, usually of steel but sometimes of wood or reinforced concrete, used in the construction of foundations or piers in or near a body of water. There are several types. The open caisson is a cylinder or box, open at the to...
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