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Caisson   /kˈeɪsən/  /kˈɛsən/   Listen
Caisson

noun
1.
An ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome.  Synonyms: coffer, lacuna.
2.
A two-wheeled military vehicle carrying artillery ammunition.
3.
A chest to hold ammunition.  Synonym: ammunition chest.
4.
Large watertight chamber used for construction under water.  Synonyms: cofferdam, pneumatic caisson.



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"Caisson" Quotes from Famous Books



... Jizo. From the ceiling above him droop the dingy splendours of a sort of dais-work, a streaming circle of pendants like a fringe, shimmering faintly through the webbed dust of centuries. And the ceiling itself must once have been a marvel; all beamed in caissons, each caisson containing, upon a gold ground, the painted figure of a flying bird. Formerly the eight great pillars supporting the roof were also covered with gilding; but only a few traces of it linger still upon their worm-pierced surfaces, and about the bases of their ...
— Glimpses of an Unfamiliar Japan - First Series • Lafcadio Hearn
... man, not being fastened to the traces, can be pushed aside and his place taken without even stopping the march. An officer and a subordinate officer of artillery were placed in charge of each carriage or caisson, with the promise of six hundred francs for the transport of each gun or wagon beyond ...
— The Companions of Jehu • Alexandre Dumas
... in front the surface sloped downward to a hollow; the slope and the hollow were covered with forest; what was on the hill beyond we could not see, but the Yankee batteries were there and at work. A caisson of Crenshaw's exploded. Troops were coming into line far to ...
— Who Goes There? • Blackwood Ketcham Benson


Words linked to "Caisson" :   armed services, military, panel, chamber, chest, lacuna, caisson disease, armed forces, war machine, military vehicle, military machine, ammunition chest


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