Definitions for caissons

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caissons cais·son

Spelling: [key-suh n, -son]

IPA: /ˈkeɪ sən, -sɒn/

Caissons is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 172 anagrams from letters in caissons (acinosss).

Definitions for caissons

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. 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.
4. a two-wheeled wagon, used for carrying artillery ammunition.
5. an ammunition chest.
6. a wooden chest containing bombs or explosives, used formerly as a mine.
7. Architecture. coffer (def 4).

Origin of caissons

1695-1705; French, Middle French Old Provençal, equivalent to caissa box (see case²) + -on augmentative suffix

Examples for caissons

The men were down in the road, lifting the horses, dragging with them at gun and caisson.

The fore carriage of the gun and that of the caisson are identical.

It would be dangerous to come out from the caisson pressure quickly.

A caisson was struck, exploded with frightful glare and sound.

You cannot go into the caisson unless you are sound of heart and stout of body.

It has two wheels, and carries ammunition the same as the caisson.

The big gun was a wreck now—even the caisson with a broken wheel.

In another chapter we shall see how the caisson is operated.

The guns stopped, the men got down from limber and caisson, the horses were unhitched.

As the batteries come up from the river see that every caisson is filled.