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Soldiers from the caisson detachment in blue jeans, black shirts and white cowboy hats mucked out stalls.—Tom Vanden Brook, USA Today, 27 May 2025 The caisson horses in service before the pause have been rehabilitated and retired, and since then, the Army has procured 46 horses.—Eleanor Watson, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2025 In February, Bally’s began driving foundational caissons into the ground, with executives targeting a September 2026 opening for the casino.—Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2025 The caissons stopped rolling in 2023, and the remaining horses retired to Florida.—Tom Vanden Brook, USA Today, 8 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for caisson
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Etymology
French, from Middle French, from Old Occitan, from caissa chest, from Latin capsa — more at case
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