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pont 341 pont
pont d'assaut, assault bridge;
avant, (nav.) foredeck;
de bateaux, bridge of boats;
de bateaux de commerce, bridge of ordinary
boats picked up in or near the river, etc.;
de bateaux d'equipage, regulation bridge of
material carried by bridge train;
pir bateaux successifs, bridge by successive
pontoons, (English, by "booming out");
de la batterie. (nav,) gun deck, main deck;
blinde, (nav.) armored (protected) deck;
borde de , (nav.) deck plaaking; deck plating;
de bout, d bout , (nav.) flush deck ;
en buse de gabions, bridge of gabions attached
end to end by a stake (laid parallel to current,
with roadway across) ;
de caisses, bridge laid on air-tight boxes;
de chassis, bridge of balks on floating piers;
de chevalet(s), trestle bridge;
de chevalet & chzpeiu motile, (mil.) bridge
on two-legged trestles, with movable transoms;
sur chevalet suspendu, bridge on suspended
trestle;
de drconstance , temporary, extemporized
bridge;
continu, (nav.) flush deck;
pir conversion, bridge by conversion (English,
by "swinging");
d la Congreve, Congreve's carriage bridge;
d coulisse, sliding bridge, run out when
wanted;
coupe, (nav.) deck open amidships;
cuirasse, (nav.) armored deck;
de-mi , (nav.) halWeck;
d deux tabliers, bridge with two separate and
distinct roadways ;
dormant, fixed bridge (in a fort);
de dunette, (nav.) poop deck;
e.chelle, ladder or flying bridge to cross
ditches-in an assault;
enlever un , to take up, dismantle, a (pontoon)
bridge;
entier, (nav.) flush deck;
entrc , (nav.) 'tween decks, height between
decks;
equipage de , bridge train;
d'equipage, pontoon bridge;
etage, bridge of more than one tier, as trestle
on pontoon, trestle on trestle;
faux , (nav.) orlop deck;
enfer, (nav.) iron deck;
enfcrmes, frame bridge;
enfermes composees. double-lock bridge;
en fermes simples, single-lock bridge;
d fleche, small drawbridge before a postern;
de gabions, gabion bridge;
d, de(s), gaillard(s), (nav.) upper deck; forecastle
deck;
sur gucule, v. coupe;
infcrieur, (nav.) lower deck;
intermediate, (vfav.) middle deck;
jeter un sur une riviere, to throw a bridge
over a river ;
de manoeuvre, (nav. )gun deck;
militaire, military bridge;
normal, bridge of standard length (58 yards
Austrian), usually occurring type;
d'or, v. d'argent;
d'outres, bridge of inflated skin;
pare-eclats, (nav.) protective deck (engines,
boilers, etc.);
par parties, bridge by parts (English, by
"forming up");
de passerelle, (nav.) bridge deck;
de plein-pied, (nav.) flush deck;
poisson, portable bridge (for crossing the
ditch in an assault) ;
pontee d'un , v. pontee;
de pontons, pontoon bridge;
portiere d'un , raft, or single bay, orf a bridge;
par portieres, bridge by rafts ;
principal, (nav.) main deck;
pont de promenade, (nav.) promenade, hurricane.
deck;
protecteur, (nav.) protective deck;
provisoire, temporary bridge;
de radeaux, raft bridge;
de radeaux d'arbres, timber-raft bridge;
de rideaux de tonneaux, cask bridge;
rails, "rail bridge," i. e., sort of truck for
hoisting, shifting, materials in fortifications,
barracks, etc.;
ras, (nav.) flush deck;
replier un , to take up, dismantle, a bridge;
de rondins, spar bridge;
roulant, rolling bridge; any vehicle run into
a ditch , rivulet , etc . , and serving as a foundation
for a (temporary) bridge; bridge built on such
a carriage;
de sortie , sally bridge ;
sous-marin, (nav.) under-water deck;
superieur, (nav.) upper deck;
d tablier retreci, bridge with chess laid down
obliquely;
tente, (nav.) shade deck;
tete de , (fort.) bridge head; tete de pont;
de tonneaux, bridge of casks;
de tonneaux d I'anglaise, cylinder pontoon
bridge.
travee de , bay of a bridge;
sur traverses en encorbellement, extemporized
cantilever bridge;
de voitures, bridge over wagons used as
supports, bridge resting on vehicles; carriage
bridge;
volant, flying bridge; portable bridge for
crossing ditches in an assault; trail bridge;
(nxv.) bridge;
volant d'equipage, trail bridge of two pontoon
boats.
II. Bridges in general, miscellaneous:
americain, d la Town, Town's lattice
truss bridge;
americain en dessous, lattice truss bridge,
roadway on top;
americain en dessus, lattice truss bridge,
roadway below;
aqueduc, aqueduct bridge;
en arcs metalliques, iron arched bridge;
& arches, arched bridge;
armature de , truss frame of a bridge;
ft armatur.es, hanging or truss-framed bridge;
d armatures et contre-fiches, strut- and truss-
framed bridge;
arque, v. d arches;
articule, floating drawbridge of a landing
stage;
d bascule, drawbridge; (mach.) weighbridge;
track scale;
d bascule inferieure, dropping drawbridge;
d bascule superieur e, lifting drawbridge;
de bateaux, bridge of boats;
biais, skew bridge;
en chaines, chain bridge;
sur chainette, suspension bridge with roadway
resting on cables;
d charbon, (elec.) carbon bridge;
de chassis, strut-framed bridge;
de la chauffe, (met.) fire bridge;
chaussee d'un , roadway of a bridge;
s et chaussees, bridges and roads; government
civil engineers (in France) ;
sur
contre-fiches, strut-framed bridge;
de cordage(s), de cordes, rope bridge;
en dessous, bridge below roadway ;
en dessus, bridge above roadway ;
dormant, fixed, permanent, bridge;
d double (triple) voie, bridge of two (three)
roadways;
d'echappement, (met.) flue bridge of a re-
verberatqry furnace;
de fascines, brushwork causeway;
enfer, iron bridge;
de fil defer, wire bridge;
fixe, v. dormant;
flottant, floating bridge;
enfonte, cast-iron bridge;
dejambes deforce, strut-framed bridge;
djambettes, strut-framed bridge;