pontooning en · NOUN
Etymology
From pontoon + -ing.
Meanings
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(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: