sponson

/spon-suhn/US // ˈspɒn sən //UK // (ˈspɒnsən) //

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Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : a structure projecting from the side or main deck of a vessel to support a gun or the outer edge of a paddle box.
- : a buoyant appendage at the gunwale of a canoe to resist capsizing.
- : Aeronautics. a protuberance at the side of a flying-boat hull, designed to increase lateral stability in the water.

The cutter jingled her full-speed bell while the tackle was still lifting the sponson boat.
He leaned on the rail and watched the departure of the officer of the faded blue cap with his crew of the sponson boat.
An eager gunner endeavoured to pass one of the tanks, but his gun caught the sponson and slipped off into the mud.
His tun of a torso bulged roundly out in front of me like the sponson of a battleship.
A bomb exploded directly beneath the sponson, where the dead body had fallen.