Freighter vs Caisson - What's the difference?
freighter | caisson |
One who loads a ship, or one who charters and loads a ship.
One employed in receiving and forwarding freight.
One for whom freight is transported.
A vessel used mainly to carry freight; a cargo ship.
(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:
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.
As nouns the difference between freighter and caisson
is that freighter is one who loads a ship, or one who charters and loads a ship while caisson is an enclosure, from which water can be expelled, in order to give access to underwater areas for engineering works etc.freighter
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(en noun)caisson
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(wikipedia caisson)Noun
(en noun)- Caissons were enclosed dry chambers built on river beds to facilitate the construction of bridge piers.