pontoon
noun
a boat or some other floating structure used as one of the supports for a temporary bridge over a river.
ponton
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a variation of
pontoon.
Example Sentences
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Many were swept to the first ponton bridge and dragged to safety.
From Time Magazine Archive
But several days before the revolt broke out, says the U.N. report, ponton bridges were assembled by the Russian army at Zahony on the Hungarian-Soviet frontier.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was then less important than the ponton bridges the Americans had slung together downriver.
From Time Magazine Archive
On the night of the 11th attempts were made to lay the ponton bridges at a point opposite the town.
From Vermont riflemen in the war for the union, 1861 to 1865 A history of Company F, First United States sharp shooters by William Y. W. Ripley
The troops marched at one o'clock on the afternoon of the twenty-sixth, and at two o'clock on the morning of the twenty-seventh the corps crossed the James by a ponton bridge at Jones' Landing.
From Vermont riflemen in the war for the union, 1861 to 1865 A history of Company F, First United States sharp shooters by William Y. W. Ripley
