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pontooning en · NOUN

Etymology

From pontoon + -ing.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The art or process of constructing pontoon bridges.
    • Recruits need do nothing more elaborate than trestle, single-lock, and double-lock bridges and barrel-pier rafts, but they should go through a prolonged course of pontooning. 1905, The Royal Engineers Journal, volume 2, page 284: