| Pontoon (pontoon) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Pon*toon" |
| [F. ponton (cf.
It. pontone |
A wooden
flat-bottomed boat, a metallic cylinder, or a frame covered with
canvas, India rubber, etc., forming a portable float, used in building
bridges quickly for the passage of troops.
A low, flat vessel,
resembling a barge, furnished with cranes, capstans, and other
machinery, used in careening ships, raising weights, drawing piles,
etc., chiefly in the Mediterranean; a lighter.
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