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English

Etymology

Borrowed from French caisson. Doublet of cassone.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?ke?s(?)n/
• (US) IPA^(key): [?ke?s?n], [?ke?sn?]

Noun

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.
   • 2003, Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything, BCA, p. 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).
5. (military) A large box to hold ammunition.
6. (military) A chest filled with explosive materials, used like a mine.
7. (architecture) A coffer.

Derived terms

• caisson disease

Coordinate terms

• cofferdam, a similar temporary structure

Translations

Anagrams

• Caisons, assicon, casinos, cassino, cassoni

French

Etymology

From Old Occitan caisson, from caissa; synchronically analysable as caisse +? -on.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?.s??/

Noun

caisson m (plural caissons)

1. box

Derived terms

• maladie des caissons

See also

• boîte f

Further reading

• “caisson” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• casinos, casions