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caisson
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)
- (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.
- 2003, Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything, BCA, p. 213:
- The gate across the entrance to a dry dock.
- (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.
- (military) A two-wheeled, horse-drawn military vehicle used to carry ammunition (and a coffin at funerals).
- (military) A large box to hold ammunition.
- (military) A chest filled with explosive materials, used like a mine.
- (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)
- 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
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trailer
English
Etymology
From trail +? -er. The film sense derives from the fact that previews were formerly shown after the main feature, rather than before as is usual today.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?t?e?l?(?)/
- (US) enPR: tr??l?r, IPA(key): /?t?e?l?/
- Rhymes: -e?l?(?)
Noun
trailer (plural trailers)
- Someone who or something that trails.
- Part of an object which extends some distance beyond the main body of the object.
- Synonyms: appendage, attachment, appendix, extension, extrusion
- the trailer of a plant
- An unpowered wheeled vehicle, not a caravan or camper, that is towed behind another, and used to carry equipment, etc, that cannot be carried in the leading vehicle.
- At the end of the day, we put the snowmobiles back on the trailer.
- 1980 April, Greg Stone, Utility hauling? Do it with your boat trailer, Popular Science, page 104,
- My trailer is a Highlander T-14 8G, one of the smallest trailers. I normally use it for carrying a pair of Sunfish sailboats that are much lighter than its 800-pound weight limit.
- 2004, Mike Byrnes & Associates, Bumper to Bumper: The Complete Guide to Tractor-Trailer Operations, page 310,
- Or you can slide the trailer?s tandem forward toward the tractor. This changes the kingpin weight because you changed the “A” dimension of the trailer along with its wheel-base.
- 2009, Norman Edward Robinson, Kim A. Sprayberry, Current Therapy in Equine Medicine, page 122,
- There is also a strong preference to avoid the cave effect associated with the front of most horse trailers and a strong desire to face the large opening between the top of the rear doors and the roof of the trailer.
- (US) A furnished vehicle towed behind another, and used as a dwelling when stationary; a caravan; a camper.
- Synonyms: (US) camper, camper van, (UK) caravan, mobile home
- (US) A prefabricated home that could be towed to a new destination but is typically permanently left in an area designated for such homes.
- Synonym: mobile home
- (chiefly US, media) A preview of a film, video game or TV show.
- Synonyms: preview, teaser
- A short blank segment of film at the end of a reel, for convenient insertion of the film in a projector.
- (computing) The final record of a list of data items, often identified by a key field with an otherwise invalid value that sorts last alphabetically (e.g., “ZZZZZ”) or numerically (“99999”); especially common in the context of punched cards, where the final card is called a trailer card.
- Synonym: sentinel
- (networking) The last part of a packet, often containing a check sequence.
- Antonym: header
Usage notes
- In Australia and the UK, use of trailer in the sense of “preview of a film” is gaining currency over the synonym preview, due to US influence.
Derived terms
Descendants
Translations
Verb
trailer (third-person singular simple present trailers, present participle trailering, simple past and past participle trailered)
- To load on a trailer or to transport by trailer.
- The engine wouldn't run any more so we had to trailer my old car to the wrecking yard.
Anagrams
- retiral, retrial
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch trailer, from English trailer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?trai?.l?r]
- Hyphenation: trai?lêr
Noun
trailer or trailêr
- semi-trailer
- (film) trailer, a preview of a film, video game or TV show.
Further reading
- “trailer” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- trêiler (rare)
Noun
trailer m (plural trailers)
- trailer (short preview of a film)
- trailer (furnished vehicle towed behind another)
Romanian
Etymology
From English trailer.
Noun
trailer n (plural trailere)
- trailer
Declension
Spanish
Noun
trailer m (plural trailers or trailer)
- Alternative form of tráiler
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