Recent Examples on the WebThe caisson would normally have a casket on it, draped in an American flag. Drew F. Lawrence And Katie Bo Lillis, CNN, 7 Apr. 2022 Pershing, wearing a dark mourning band on one sleeve, and Harding, wearing a top hat, walked side by side behind the caisson. Michael E. Ruane, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Nov. 2021 The elaborate sendoff included a caisson ride for the cremated remains of Cole, who was Jimmy Doolittle’s co-pilot in the daring bombing mission over Japan that boosted American morale after five months of spectacular defeats across the Pacific. Sig Christenson, San Antonio Express-News, 7 Sep. 2021 Recently, crews completed drilling 3-foot caissons into the bedrock and installing Geofoam behind the new retaining wall. Jennifer Rios, The Denver Post, 22 Sep. 2019 Two years ago on our visit, a detachment from the Old Guard–the ceremonial troops who work at Arlington–was lined up in formation behind a riderless horse and caisson. Elliot Ackerman, Time, 10 Oct. 2019 His coffin was loaded on a caisson, a riderless horse trailing behind, just like that day with my daughter. Elliot Ackerman, Time, 10 Oct. 2019 Crews have drilled a series of caissons down into bedrock and placed 6,000 blocks of geofoam, measuring slightly more than 25,000 cubic yards in volume, as a substitute for dirt. Jon Murray, The Denver Post, 27 Sep. 2019 As was one of the first soldiers to arrive, his job was to deploy concrete caissons that would form a temporary harbor to help soldiers rapidly load cargo onto the beach. Adam Beam, The Seattle Times, 19 Nov. 2018 See More
Word History
Etymology
French, from Middle French, from Old Occitan, from caissa chest, from Latin capsa — more at case