pont

British  

/ pɒnt /

noun

1. (in South Africa) a river ferry, esp one that is guided by a cable from one bank to the other

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Etymology

Origin of pont

C17: from Dutch: ferryboat, _punt ¹ ; reintroduced through Afrikaans in 19th or 20th century

Example Sentences

In 1988 he flew to Delaware and volunteered on the presidential campaign of former Gov. Pete du Pont, who proposed unorthodox entitlement reforms.

From The Wall Street Journal

It’s named for an electrical engineering alum who landed a job in 1909 selling explosives for the E.I. du Pont de Nemours Powder Company, and eventually worked his way up to treasurer.

From Barron's

It’s named for an electrical engineering alum who landed a job in 1909 selling explosives for the E.I. du Pont de Nemours Powder Company, and eventually worked his way up to treasurer.

From Barron's

The inquest was told the collision, which happened between Cross Hands and Pont Abraham, also involved a Renault and BMW, which were hit after the Toyota struck the Ford.

From BBC

Now he intends to create a 120-metre "cave" along the Pont Neuf, the oldest bridge over the Seine in Paris, that anyone will be free to walk through.

From Barron's