1) Airtight underwater chamber 2) Ammo cart 3) Ammunition carrier on wheels 4) Ammunition chest 5) Ammunition container 6) Ammunition wagon 7) Artillery wagon 8) Chinese architecture 9) Coffer 10) Enclosure for a sandhog 11) French word used in English 12) Lacuna 13) Military funeral carriage 14) Panel
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1) Chest 2) Coffer 3) Cofferdam
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- an ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome
- a two-wheeled military vehicle carrying artillery ammunition
- a chest to hold ammunition
- large watertight chamber used for construction under water
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[engineering] In geotechnical engineering, a caisson (n or n) is a watertight retaining 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 the working environment dry. When piers are...
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vehicle or chest for holding ammunition
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• (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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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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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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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 ...
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- 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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An artillery ammunition wagon.
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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 explosive materials, to be laid in the way of an ...
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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 ...
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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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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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noun a chest to hold ammunition
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pneumatic caisson noun large watertight chamber used for construction under water
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A 10' or 12' diameter hole drilled into the earth and embedded into bedrock 3 - 4 feet. The structur
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