Definition of Pontoon. Meaning of Pontoon. Synonyms of Pontoon

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Definition of Pontoon

Pontoon
Pontoon Pon*toon", n. [F. ponton (cf. It. pontone), from L. ponto, -onis, fr. pons, pontis, a bridge, perhaps originally, a way, path: cf. Gr. ? path, Skr. path, pathi, panthan. Cf. Punt a boat.] 1. (Mil.) 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. 2. (Naut.) 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. Pontoon bridge, a bridge formed with pontoons. Pontoon train, the carriages of the pontoons, and the materials they carry for making a pontoon bridge. Note: The French spelling ponton often appears in scientific works, but pontoon is more common form.

Meaning of Pontoon from wikipedia

- that float on pontoons, including: Pontoon (boat), a flat-bottomed boat supported by two or more pontoons Floatplane, also known as a pontoon plane Floating...
- A pontoon bridge (or ponton bridge), also known as a floating bridge, uses floats or shallow-draft boats to support a continuous deck for pedestrian and...
- Malaysian Pontoon is a card game related to Pontoon and blackjack and, like those games, a descendant of Vingt-Un or Twenty-One. It is pla**** by those...
- A pontoon boat is a flattish boat that relies on floats to remain buoyant. These pontoons (also called tubes) contain much reserve buoyancy and allow...
- "Pontoon" is a song recorded by American country music group Little Big Town. It was released in April 2012 as the first single from their fifth studio...
- Pontoon, formerly called Vingt-Un, is a card game of the banking family for three to ten players and the "British domestic version of Twenty-One," a game...
- ****berland pontoons were folding pontoon bridges developed during the American Civil War to facilitate the movement of Union forces across the rivers...
- Floats (also called pontoons) are airtight hollow structures, similar to pressure vessels, designed to provide buoyancy in water. Their prin****l applications...
- Pontoon is an unincorporated community in Conway County, Arkansas, United States. Pontoon is located at the junction of Arkansas highways 154 and 247...
- These pontoon bridges are semi-permanent floating bridges located throughout the world. Four of the five longest floating bridges in the world are in...