"conning tower" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: conning towers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} conning tower (plural conning towers)
  1. (nautical) The armoured control tower of an early iron warship from which the ship was navigated in battle. Categories (topical): Nautical
    Sense id: en-conning_tower-en-noun-FwlzOe-x Topics: nautical, transport
  2. (nautical) 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. Categories (topical): Nautical Synonyms: fin, sail Translations (structure of submarine): kiosque [masculine] (French), Kommandoturm [masculine] (German), צְרִיחַ נִתּוּב (tsriakh nituv) [masculine] (Hebrew), סְנַפִּיר (snapir) [masculine] (Hebrew), torre di comando [feminine] (Italian), ຫໍ (hǭ) (Lao), kiosk [masculine] (Polish), боевая рубка (bojevaja rubka) [feminine] (Russian), torre de mando [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-conning_tower-en-noun-iysJHWsv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 67 Topics: nautical, transport Disambiguation of 'structure of submarine': 13 87

Inflected forms

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