Originally Posted by
goldox
"chances of seeing someone in the water, from a conning tower"
I've always wondered what "Conning" in this context means?
Wikipedia not very conclusive...
Any ideas?
Thanx.
To go a little further back, from
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology by T.F. Hoad 1986.
"Latin conducere, to conduct
(Old) French conduire
Survives mainly in conning tower, pilot house of a warship or submarine"