caisson
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sən, -sɒn noun
1.
a structure used in underwater work, consisting of an airtight chamber, open at the bottom and containing air under sufficient pressure to exclude the water.
2.
a boatlike structure used as a gate for a dock or the like.
3.
4.
a two-wheeled wagon, used for carrying artillery ammunition.
5.
an ammunition chest.
Origin:
1695–1705; < French, Middle French < Old Provençal, equivalent to caissa box (see case2) + -on augmentative suffix
1695–1705; < French, Middle French < Old Provençal, equivalent to caissa box (see case2) + -on augmentative suffix
Related forms
cais·soned, adjective
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caisson (kəˈsuːn, ˈkeɪsən) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a watertight chamber open at the bottom and containing air under pressure, used to carry out construction work under water |
| 2. | a similar unpressurized chamber |
| 3. | See also camel a watertight float filled with air, used to raise sunken ships |
| 4. | a watertight structure placed across the entrance of a basin, dry dock, etc, to exclude water from it |
| 5. | a. a box containing explosives, formerly used as a mine |
| b. an ammunition chest | |
| c. a two-wheeled vehicle containing an ammunition chest | |
| 6. | another name for coffer |
| [C18: from French, assimilated to caisse | |
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Word Origin & History
caisson
1704, from Fr. caisson "ammunition wagon, box, crate," from M.Fr. caisson "large box" (16c.), from It. cassone, augmentive form of cassa "a chest," from L. capsa "a box" (see case (2)).
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Example sentences
Atop the caisson sits a pump house with an intake pipe extending down into the caisson.
Anchors were installed on the bay bottom and cables from the anchors were used to guide the caisson into place.
One gun and caisson with limbers, made up a platoon under a sergeant and two corporals.
Once the entire crowd was in place, the pallbearers came to attention and began to remove the casket from the caisson.
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