Caisson



GRE

解释

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• n. ( 马拉的) 弹药箱车或灵柩车

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: French, from Middle French, from Old Occitan, from caissa chest, from Latin capsa — more at case
• Date: circa 1702
• 1.
  • a. a chest to hold ammunition
  • b. a usually 2-wheeled vehicle for artillery ammunition attachable to a horse-drawn limber; also a limber with its attached caisson
• 2.
  • a. a watertight chamber used in construction work under water or as a foundation
  • b. a hollow floating box or a boat used as a floodgate for a dock or basin
• 3. coffer 3

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