caisson 的定义
- 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.
- a boatlike structure used as a gate for a dock or the like.
- Nautical. Also called camel, pontoon. a float for raising a sunken vessel, sunk beside the vessel, made fast to it, and then pumped out to make it buoyant.a watertight structure built against a damaged area of a hull to render the hull watertight; cofferdam.
- a two-wheeled wagon, used for carrying artillery ammunition.
- an ammunition chest.
- a wooden chest containing bombs or explosives, used formerly as a mine.
- Architecture. coffer.
caisson 近义词
wagon
更多caisson例句
- The burial ground was empty except for the occasional horse-drawn caisson being pulled through its quiet lanes.
- The largest dock is divisible by a central caisson so that four ships can be docked at one time.
- The first shot did no execution, but the next struck a caisson and exploded its contents.
- Commanders of batteries will see that their limber and caisson-boxes are filled to their utmost capacity.
- The reserve men cut the gear of the dead horse, dragged his body aside, and replaced him with one of the six from the caisson.
- The horses became entangled among the ropes, and stumbled over the gun and caisson, throwing their riders to the earth.