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    Caisson
    In architecture, a caisson (the term being adopted from the French) was originally a sunken panel of ceilings or soffits. The term has come to also describe the wooden, metal or concrete shells used for building foundations underwater and on quicksand and peat.
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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, w...
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    Caisson
    A caisson is a chest used to hold ammunition. The term became applied to a four-wheeled carriage for conveying ammunition, consisting of two parts, a body and a limber around the beginning of the 20th century. The name caisson was applied to a form of early landmine consisting of a chest filled with...
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    Caisson
    [engineering] In geotechnical engineering, a caisson is a retaining, watertight structure used, for example, to work on the foundations of a bridge pier, for the construction of a concrete dam, or for the repair of ships. These are constructed such that the water can be pumped out, keeping t...
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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 concr...
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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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    Caisson
    An artillery ammunition wagon.
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    caisson
    1) Ammunition container 2) Coffer 3) Lacuna 4) Panel
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