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Noun: sponson  spón-sun
  1. One of the armoured projections fitted with gun ports, used on modern war vessels
     
  2. One of the slanting supports under the guards of a steamboat
     
  3. One of the triangular platforms in front of, and abaft, the paddle boxes of a steamboat

Derived forms: sponsons

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