sponson

Speech parts

1. sponson - Noun

2. sponson - Verb

Meaning

One of the triangular platforms in front of, and abaft, the paddle boxes of a steamboat.

One of the slanting supports under the guards of a steamboat.

One of the armored projections fitted with gun ports, used on modern war vessels.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

floater float flipper pontoon buoy bobber yellowfin finning fin-ray float-controlled float-type sponsons

Examples

Bluebird then executed an almost complete somersault (~ 320° and slightly off-axis) before plunging into the water (port sponson marginally in advance of the starboard), approximately 230 metres from the end of the measured kilometre. Source: Internet

Bluebird was now experiencing bouncing episodes of the starboard sponson with increasing ferocity. Source: Internet

It was carried on a prominent white roundel on each sponson, underneath an infinity symbol. Source: Internet

The first of these marks was set at Ullswater on 23 July 1955, where he achieved a speed of convert but only after many months of trials and a major redesign of Bluebird's forward sponson attachments points. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

sponsion sponsional Sponsler sponsor sponsor-free sponsorable