English Dictionary

sponson

名詞

(nautical, aviation, military) A projection from the side of an aircraft, watercraft, or land vehicle.

日本語の意味

航空機、水上機、陸上車両などの側面から突出する構造部として、視覚的または機能的役割を持つ部分 / 船舶や艦艇において、側面から張り出す突起部として機能する構造体 / 軍用車両などで、側面に取り付けられる補助的な部材や防御・支持構造

The sponson on the hull provided extra buoyancy and helped stabilize the vessel in rough seas.

船体の側面にある張り出し部分は浮力を増し、荒天時に船を安定させた。

意味（1）

(nautical, aviation, military) A projection from the side of an aircraft, watercraft, or land vehicle.

He and Gerald usually challenged the rollers in a sponson canoe when Gerald was there for the weekend; or, when Lansing came down, the two took long swims seaward or cruised about in Gerald's dory, clad in their swimming-suits ; and Selwyn's youth became renewed in a manner almost ridiculous,[…].

sponsons （ plural ）