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SPONSON
Noun
sponson (plural sponsons)
(nautical, aviation, military) A projection from the side of an aircraft, watercraft, or land vehicle.
Verb
sponson (third-person singular simple present sponsons, present participle sponsoning, simple past and past participle sponsoned)
(nautical, aviation, military, transitive, often with the particle "out") To mount on a projection on the side of a vessel.
Source: Wiktionary
Spon"son, n. (Shipbuilding) (a) One of the triangular platforms in front of, and abaft, the paddle boxes of a steamboat. (b) One of the slanting supports under the guards of a steamboat. (c) One of the armored projections fitted with gun ports, used on modern war vessels.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Word of the Day
16 November 2024
LEAVE
(verb) go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness; “She left a mess when she moved out”; “His good luck finally left him”; “her husband left her after 20 years of marriage”; “she wept thinking she had been left behind”
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