Толковый словарь английского языка - sponson
Sponson
sponson
noun Etymology: perhaps by shortening & alteration from expansion Date: 1835 1. a projection (as a gun platform) from the side of a ship or a tank, an air chamber along a canoe to increase stability and buoyancy, a light air-filled structure or a winglike part protruding from the hull of a seaplane to steady it on water
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n. 1 a projection from the side of a warship or tank to enable a gun to be trained forward and aft. 2 a short subsidiary wing to stabilize a seaplane. 3 a triangular platform supporting the wheel on a paddle-steamer. Etymology: 19th c.: orig. unkn. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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