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caisson

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French caisson. Doublet of cassone and cajón.

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caisson (plural caissons)

  1. (engineering) An enclosure from which water can be expelled, in order to give access to underwater areas for engineering works etc.
    • 1946 January and February, “Notes and News: Demolition of Rhydyfelin Viaduct”, in Railway Magazine, page 53:
      During the construction of the viaduct, the sinking of the caissons in the river bed caused much difficulty to the engineer and contractors, as a bed of running sand was encountered; in consequence, the expenditure for these foundations proved almost prohibitive.
    • 2003, Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything, BCA, page 213:
      Caissons were enclosed dry chambers built on river beds to facilitate the construction of bridge piers.
  2. The gate across the entrance to a dry dock.
  3. (nautical) A floating tank that can be submerged, attached to an underwater object and then pumped out to lift the object by buoyancy; a camel.
  4. (military) A two-wheeled, horse-drawn military vehicle used to carry ammunition (and a coffin at funerals).
    • 1908, Edmund Louis Gruber (lyrics and music), “The Caissons Go Rolling Along”:
      Over hill, over dale / As we hit the dusty trail, / And those caissons go rolling along.
  5. (military) A large box to hold ammunition.
  6. (military) A chest filled with explosive materials, used like a mine.
  7. (architecture) A coffer.

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French

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Etymology

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From Old Occitan caisson, from caissa. By surface analysis, caisse +‎ -on.

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caisson m (plural caissons)

  1. box
  2. (architecture) coffer
  3. (military) caisson (military vehicle)
  4. (engineering) caisson (structure to exclude water)

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Descendants

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  • → English: caisson
  • → Turkish: keson

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from French caisson (“caisson”), from Old Occitan caisson, caissa.

Noun

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caisson (first-person possessive caissonku, second-person possessive caissonmu, third-person possessive caissonnya)

  1. (engineering) caisson: an enclosure from which water can be expelled, in order to give access to underwater areas for engineering works etc.
  2. transport cart.

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