moon pool
English
Etymology
A model of the Ceona Amazon, a construction and pipelaying marine vessel. The pipelaying equipment (in yellow) accesses the sea through a moon pool in the centre of the vessel.
From moon + pool, from the fact that, on some nights, moonlight can be seen reflected by the surface of the sea through the opening, making it resemble a swimming pool.[1][2]
Pronunciation
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Noun
moon pool (plural moon pools)
- (nautical, chiefly oil industry) An opening in the base of the hull of a vessel (especially a marine drilling platform), which is used for lowering equipment into the sea below.
Alternative forms
Hyponyms
Translations
opening in the base of the hull of a vessel, which is used for lowering equipment into the sea below
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References
- ^ Douglas Rutherford [pseudonym; James Douglas Rutherford McConnell] (1981) chapter 2, in Porcupine Basin, London: Macmillan, →ISBN, page 30: “It was named moon-pool because on calm nights the water under a rig could reflect the moonlight and give the impression of a calm swimming pool.”
- ^ “moon pool, n.” under “moon, n.1”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, March 2021; “moon pool, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Further reading
moon pool on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - “moon pool”, in Collins English Dictionary.
