conning tower
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conning tower
noun conning towers
- The armoured control tower of an early iron warship from which the ship was navigated in battle.
- A connecting structure between the bridge and pressure hull of a submarine; in larger, modern submarines it contains the captain's cabin and is known as the sail. I waited until half an hour after Benson had gone on duty, and then I went on deck, passing through the conning-tower where Benson sat, and looking at the compass. It showed that our course was north by west--that is, one point west of north, which was, for our assumed position, about right.
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noun structure of submarine
| Español | torre de mando |
|---|---|
| Français | kiosque |
| Deutsch | Kommandoturm |
| Italiano | torre di comando |
| Русский | боевая рубка bojevaja rubka |
| עברית | צְרִיחַ נִתּוּב tsriakh nituv, סְנַפִּיר snapir |
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title = {conning tower},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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