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Caisson - translation to german
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Caissons; Caisson sinking; Cassion; Caisson (disambiguation)
Caisson
n. caisson, watertight chamber for working underwater; ammunition cart
caisson
n. Senkkasten; Caisson
Kastenwagen
n. caisson, ammunition cart
Definition
Caisson
·noun A chest to hold ammunition.
II. Caisson ·noun A sunk panel of ceilings or soffits.
III. Caisson ·noun A structure, usually with an air chamber, placed beneath a vessel to lift or float it.
IV. Caisson ·noun A hollow floating box, usually of iron, which serves to close the entrances of docks and basins.
V. Caisson ·noun A chest filled with explosive materials, to be laid in the way of an enemy and exploded on his approach.
VI. Caisson ·noun A water-tight box, of timber or iron within which work is carried on in building foundations or structures below the water level.
VII. Caisson ·noun A four-wheeled carriage for conveying ammunition, consisting of two parts, a body and a limber. In light field batteries there is one caisson to each piece, having two ammunition boxes on the body, and one on the limber.
Wikipedia
Caisson
Caisson (French for "box") may refer to:
- Caisson (Asian architecture), a spider web ceiling
- Caisson (engineering), a sealed underwater structure
- Caisson (lock gate), a gate for a dock or lock, constructed as a floating caisson
- Caisson (pen name), of Edward Sperling
- Caisson (western architecture), a type of coffer
- Caisson disease, or decompression sickness
- Caisson lock, a type of canal lock
- Deep foundation, also called a caisson foundation
- Limbers and caissons, a two-wheeled cart for carrying ammunition, also used in certain state and military funerals
