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Caisson

noun

An ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome. Synonyms: coffer, lacuna.

A two-wheeled military vehicle carrying artillery ammunition.

A chest to hold ammunition. Synonym: ammunition chest.

Large watertight chamber used for construction under water. Synonyms: cofferdam, pneumatic caisson.

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... of three courses of 12-inch timbers, separated by 2-inch plank, was then floated over the piles and sunk. It had three timber shafts 7 x 17 feet in plan, and when it was in place and covered with earth it formed the top of a caisson with the sheet piling on the sides and ends, the latter being driven after the roof was in place. The excavation below this caisson was made under air pressure, part of the material being blown out by water jets and the remainder removed through the airlocks in the shafts. ...

— The New York Subway - Its Construction and Equipment • Anonymous

... Kirby Smith, rushing across the fields from Manassas Station, struck the Union flank and poured in a cross fire. The effect was irresistible. McDowell's men fled. As the fugitives converged toward the bridge in the rear, a shell burst among the teamsters' wagons, a caisson was overturned, and the passage choked. The retreat now became a panic-stricken rout. Traces were cut, cannon abandoned, mounted men went plunging through the struggling mass, and soldiers threw away their guns and ran streaming over the country, many never stopping till they were ...

— A Brief History of the United States • Barnes & Co.

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