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spon·son
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noun
a projection (such as a gun platform) from the side of a ship or a tank
an air chamber along a watercraft (such as a canoe) to increase stability and buoyancy
a light air-filled structure or a winglike part protruding from the hull of a seaplane to steady it on water
perhaps by shortening & alteration from expansion
The first known use of sponson was in 1835
1 The sponsons will be able to store plenty of fuel, too, with tanks designed to hold the renewable biofuel of the future.
2 Thanks to the catamaran design, the M8 made tight turns without a hint of roll, and any waves or wakes from other boats felt minimal with its high-running sponsons.
3 The crew quarters and technical areas could be housed in the sponsons and outer hulls to ensure the main hull is reserved exclusively for guests.
4 That will allow salvage crews to gradually lift the ship one deck at a time, as water is pumped out and compressed air pumped in to some 30 sponsons attached to its side.
5 Jones, a veteran boat racer himself, points out that the only original part of the boat are the sponsons.
6 The boats came in all shapes and sizes — like the 10-horsepower shovel nose and the pickle fork with two sponsons jutting out front.
7 Runabouts are boats with a hull that resembles that of a rowboat, and hydroplanes are faster and have sponsons that reduce surface area, according to show organizer Ed Zaleski, who was displaying his 1969 runabout named Challenger.
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