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rolling-chamber

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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In ship-building, a long, athwartship, water-tight compartment fitted in the interior of a few war-ships and special vessels. When the compartment is partly filled with water the drag of the water in the chamber following the ship as it rolls tends to diminish the amount of the rolling.

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