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Definition of Sponson
1. n. One of the triangular platforms in front of, and abaft, the paddle boxes of a steamboat.
Definition of Sponson
1. Noun. A projection from the side of a watercraft. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sponson
1. a projection from the side of a ship [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sponson
Literary usage of Sponson
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute by United States Naval Institute (1899)
"Two 5-inch entered port side between mainmast a sponson. ... One 6-pounder cut
forward part of upper edge of gun-sponson embrasure. ..."
2. A Text-book of Laying Off, Or, The Geometry of Shipbuilding by Edward Lewis Attwood, Isaiah Cleeve Gordon Cooper (1918)
"shown, giving the projection of the outer edge of sponson in the body a"e"d".
The general shape desired for the lower edge of sponson plate will be ..."
3. Engineers' and Mechanics' Pocket-book by Charles Haynes Haswell (1853)
"sponson. An addition to the outer side of the hull of a steam vessel, ...
sponson sided. The hull of a vessel may be so termed when her frames have the ..."
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