coffer-damn.

Etymology: < coffer n. + dam n.¹

a. Hydraulic Engineering. A watertight enclosure used for obtaining a dry foundation for bridges, piers, etc.; usually constructed of two rows of piles with clay packed between them, extending above high-water mark; the water being pumped out so as to leave the enclosure dry.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > engineering > [noun] > dam in hydraulic engineering

coffin-dam1587

coffer-dam1736

the world > the earth > water > lake > pool > [noun] > artificially confined water > contrivance for impounding water > dam > types of

mill-dam1182

warrant1406

pond head1465

coffer-dam1736

batardeau1767

gather-dam1768

frame dam1774

crib-dam1816

shutter-dama1884

suddc1900

needle gate1909

check-dam1936

gravity dam1940

1736 N. Hawksmoor Short Historical Acct. London-bridge 26 The way he proposes to lay the foundation is with Coffer-dams.

1751 C. Labelye Descr. Westm. Bridge 49 Why could not the Foundations of the Piers have been laid by the help of Coffer-dams?

1776 G. Semple Treat. Building in Water 30 They have..of late translated the Word Batterdeaux, and rendered it Coffer-dam, which I presume, is a Word or technical Term not used, nor even so much as known in the English Tongue before the Year 1734.

1862 S. Smiles Lives Engineers III. 412 The piles had been driven, and the coffer-dams formed and puddled.

figurative.1876 E. Jenkins Blot on Queen's Head 10 No..substituting of modern iron bedsteads for the ancient and capacious coffer-dams wherein their ancestors used to bury themselves at night.

b. Also a watertight structure fixed to a ship's side, for making repairs below the water-line.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > [noun] > repair of ships > watertight structure fixed to ship's side

coffer-dam1890

coffer-

1890 Daily News 28 Jan. 6/1 It was necessary to construct a coffer dam inside the ship, and after the external patching to fill this dam with cement.

2. (See quots.)

ΚΠ

1881 Advance (Chicago) 28 Apr. 271 A new absorbent..from the cocoanut fibre..called cofferdam, and will hold..from 12 to 14 times its own weight of water.

1885 Daily Tel. 27 May It has been discovered..that a composition obtained from pulverised cocoanut cellulose has the..property, when penetrated by shot..of closing up instantaneously, so as to prevent the influx of water into a ship's hold. The name of ‘cofferdam’ has been given to this preparation.

3. attributive, as coffer-dam work, work performed in, or by means of, a coffer-dam.

ΚΠ

1772 C. Hutton Princ. Bridges 93 This is coffer-dam work.

Derivatives

coffer-dam v. (transitive) to provide with a coffer-dam.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > engineering > engineer [verb (transitive)] > provide with dam in hydraulic engineering

coffer-dam1884

1884 Daily News 19 Dec. 5/7 Unless the pier is immediately coffer-dammed and the masonry repaired.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

单词	coffer-dam
释义	coffer-damn. Etymology: < coffer n. + dam n.¹ 1. a. Hydraulic Engineering. A watertight enclosure used for obtaining a dry foundation for bridges, piers, etc.; usually constructed of two rows of piles with clay packed between them, extending above high-water mark; the water being pumped out so as to leave the enclosure dry. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > engineering > [noun] > dam in hydraulic engineering coffin-dam1587 coffer-dam1736 the world > the earth > water > lake > pool > [noun] > artificially confined water > contrivance for impounding water > dam > types of mill-dam1182 warrant1406 pond head1465 coffer-dam1736 batardeau1767 gather-dam1768 frame dam1774 crib-dam1816 shutter-dama1884 suddc1900 needle gate1909 check-dam1936 gravity dam1940 1736 N. Hawksmoor Short Historical Acct. London-bridge 26 The way he proposes to lay the foundation is with Coffer-dams. 1751 C. Labelye Descr. Westm. Bridge 49 Why could not the Foundations of the Piers have been laid by the help of Coffer-dams? 1776 G. Semple Treat. Building in Water 30 They have..of late translated the Word Batterdeaux, and rendered it Coffer-dam, which I presume, is a Word or technical Term not used, nor even so much as known in the English Tongue before the Year 1734. 1862 S. Smiles Lives Engineers III. 412 The piles had been driven, and the coffer-dams formed and puddled. figurative.1876 E. Jenkins Blot on Queen's Head 10 No..substituting of modern iron bedsteads for the ancient and capacious coffer-dams wherein their ancestors used to bury themselves at night. b. Also a watertight structure fixed to a ship's side, for making repairs below the water-line. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > [noun] > repair of ships > watertight structure fixed to ship's side coffer-dam1890 coffer- 1890 Daily News 28 Jan. 6/1 It was necessary to construct a coffer dam inside the ship, and after the external patching to fill this dam with cement. 2. (See quots.) ΚΠ 1881 Advance (Chicago) 28 Apr. 271 A new absorbent..from the cocoanut fibre..called cofferdam, and will hold..from 12 to 14 times its own weight of water. 1885 Daily Tel. 27 May It has been discovered..that a composition obtained from pulverised cocoanut cellulose has the..property, when penetrated by shot..of closing up instantaneously, so as to prevent the influx of water into a ship's hold. The name of ‘cofferdam’ has been given to this preparation. 3. attributive, as coffer-dam work, work performed in, or by means of, a coffer-dam. ΚΠ 1772 C. Hutton Princ. Bridges 93 This is coffer-dam work. Derivatives coffer-dam v. (transitive) to provide with a coffer-dam. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > engineering > engineer [verb (transitive)] > provide with dam in hydraulic engineering coffer-dam1884 1884 Daily News 19 Dec. 5/7 Unless the pier is immediately coffer-dammed and the masonry repaired. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1736
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