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  • ammunition chest — noun a chest to hold ammunition • Syn: ↑caisson • Hypernyms: ↑chest …   Useful english dictionary

  • Hope chest — For other uses, see Hope chest (disambiguation). A hope chest, dowry chest, cedar chest, or glory box is a chest used to collect items such as clothing and household linen, by unmarried young women in anticipation of married life. The term hope… …   Wikipedia

  • Limber chest — Limber Lim ber (l[i^]m b[ e]r), n. [For limmer, Icel. limar branches, boughs, pl. of lim; akin to E. limb. See {Limb} a branch.] 1. pl. The shafts or thills of a wagon or carriage. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster] 2. (Mil.) The detachable fore part of …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • limber chest — noun Etymology: limber (I) + chest : an ammunition box or chest on the limber …   Useful english dictionary

  • Limbers and caissons (military) — A limber is a two wheeled cart designed to support the trail of an artillery piece, allowing it to be towed. A caisson is a two wheeled cart designed to carry ammunition; it was frequently towed before the limber.Before the 19th centuryAs… …   Wikipedia

  • Field artillery in the American Civil War — M1857 Napoleon at Stones River battlefield cemetery. Field artillery in the American Civil War refers to the important artillery weapons, equipment, and practices used by the Artillery branch to support the infantry and cavalry forces in the… …   Wikipedia

  • caisson — /ˈkeɪsən / (say kaysuhn) noun 1. a structure in which labourers can work on river beds, etc., consisting essentially of an airtight box or chamber with an open bottom, the water being kept out by the high air pressure maintained within. 2. a boat …  

  • caisson — caissoned, adj. /kay seuhn, son/, n. 1. a structure used in underwater work, consisting of an airtight chamber, open at the bottom and containing air under sufficient pressure to exclude the water. 2. a boatlike structure used as a gate for a… …   Universalium

  • caisson — cais•son [[t]ˈkeɪ sɒn, sən[/t]] n. 1) civ any of various structures used as a protective environment for workers, esp. one consisting of a pressurized, watertight chamber for use in underwater construction 2) navig. a) navig. naut. a float for… …   From formal English to slang

  • Haversack — Hav er*sack (h[a^]v [ e]r*s[a^]k), n. [F. havresac, G. habersack, sack for oats. See 2d {Haver}, and {Sack} a bag.] [1913 Webster] 1. A bag for oats or oatmeal. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster] 2. A bag or case, usually of stout cloth, in which a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • limber — limber1 [lim′bər] adj. [< ? LIMB1] 1. easily bent; flexible; pliant 2. able to bend the body easily; supple; lithe vt. to make limber [to limber the fingers] vi. to make oneself limber, as by exercises: usually with up limberness …   English World dictionary

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