caisson

Example Sentences

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Eyer’s body in a flag-draped coffin was brought from police headquarters on a horse-drawn caisson three blocks to the church where the late evangelist Billy Graham held his first crusade.

From Seattle Times

The service is also getting lighter-weight caissons and conducting more extensive training for the soldiers to ride and take care of the horses.

From Seattle Times

The Army is also working on obtaining a lighter caisson to put less strain on the horses and developing new saddles and other tack to better prevent horse injuries, Pepin said.

From Seattle Times

Drawn by four horses, his flag-draped casket arrived atop a black caisson in the small city of Glenwood, Minnesota Public Radio News reported.

From Seattle Times

They will lie in state for two days before horse-drawn caissons carry them back to their resting places.

From Washington Times