As modifier a pontoon bridge.
Pontoon definition. Pontoon definition a boat or some other floating structure used as one of the supports for a temporary bridge over a river. A watertight float or vessel used where buoyancy is required in water as in supporting a bridge in salvage work or where a temporary or mobile structure is required in military operations. Military engineers hurriedly constructed a pontoon.
Esp US twenty-one vingt-et-un. In leaving the pontoon for the offing the various craft increase in size as the water deepens. Pontoon noun BRIDGE C a small flat boat or a metal structure of a similar shape used especially to form or support a temporary floating bridge.
Pontoon in British English2. A bridge that floats on the water and is held up by large hollow containers filled with air called pontoons See the full definition. Military engineers hurriedly constructed a pontoon.
Pontoon noun BRIDGE C a small flat boat or a metal structure of a similar shape used especially to form or support a temporary floating bridge. Pontoon definition is - a flat-bottomed boat such as a lighter. Pontoon uncountable card games A card game in which the object is to obtain cards whose value adds up to or nearly to 21 but not exceed it.
In this game the combination of an ace with a ten or court card when dealt to a player as his or her first two cards. Pontoon The opposite of wretched. A floating structure such as a flatbottom boat used to support a bridge.
A flat-bottomed boat or portable float used in building a floating temporary bridge. A floating structure such as a flatbottom boat used to support a bridge. A floating pontoon bridge links each side of the city but this has been relegated to pedestrian traffic since they built a spectacular motorway.