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pont 342 port
pont dejonc, brushwood causeway;
lancer un to throw a , bridge across;
pontage, m.. bridge building; bridging; (pont.)
bridge drill or operations, manner of constructing
the bay of a pontoon bridge;
b, bateaux b, contrepoids, bridging with counterpoised
boats;
par bateaux successifs, bridging by successive
pontoons;
par conversion, bridging by conversion;
a grande portee, bridging with wide intervals
(each balk rests on three gunwales, two of one
boat and one of the next);
par parties, bridging by parts;
a petites parties, bridging with reduced intervals
(each balk on four gunwales);
par portieres, bridging by rafts;
a tres grande portee, bridging with extended
intervals (each balk on two gunwales).
pont*, a., (nav.) decked;
non , open (of a boat).
pon te, f., (pont.) floating pier (inclusive of the
adjacent loay); the material necessary to the
construction of one bay; (nav.) deck load.
ponter, v. a., to deck a boat; (pont.) to bridge, to
set up (as a trestle); to lay the balks, chess,
side rails; to lay down the roadway of a bridge.
pontet, m., curved ornament (on the bars of a
grating); (pont.) small bridge; (harn.) saddlebow;
(sm. a.) trigger guard; small arch of a
bayonet socket (for the passage of the front
sight, obs.); catch securing a bayonet scabbard
to the frog; scabbard holder;
pontet, bracelet- , (sm. a.) bayonet scabbard
catch;
de fourreau de bawnnette, (sm. a.) scabbard
catch;
magasin, (sm. a.) trigger guard and magazine
in one;
Icvis, v. pont-levis;
IH de , platform of a bridge;
to, longerons, v. b, poutres;
de maconnerie, stone bridge;
mixte, bridge with both fixed and floating
supports;
mobile, any movable bridge;
oblique, skew bridge;
ceuil de , opening through spandrels of a
bridge;
palee de , pier of a pile bridge:
sur parabole, ordinary, usual, suspension
bridge;
de pierre, stone bridge;
en pierres, stone bridge;
&, pour les, pietons, footbridge;
de pilotis, pile bridge;
plancher d'un , roadway of a bridge;
& plusieurs votes, bridge of more than one
roadway;
potence dtyn volant, horse of a swing or pendulum
bridge;
& poutres, timber bridge;
& poutres armees, trussed girder bridge;
& poutres en treillis, lattice girder bridge;
roulant, traveling crane; (r. r.) rolling platform;
de service, temporary bridge; footbridge;
stable, permanent bridge;
& supports fixes, bridge on fixed supports;
& supports flottants, floating bridge, bridge
on floating supports;
sans supports intermediates, any bridge without
intermediate supports;
sur ,f. o. b.;
suspendu, suspension bridge;
suspendu d, chalnes, chain bridge;
suspendu ft cintres, bowstring bridge;
suspendu & des cintres, tension bridge; bowstring
bridge;
suspendu & cordages, rope suspension bridge;
suspendu en fil defer, wire suspension bridge;
tablier d'un , roadway of a bridge;
tournant, turn-, swing-, or de selle, (harn.) bow of a saddle;
de la sous-garde, (sm. a.) trigger guard.
pontille, f.,
draw-bridge; (r. r.)
turntable;
b, la Town, v. americain;
transporteur, transfer bridge;
travee de , bay of a bridge;
r en treillis, lattice bridge;
tube, en tube, tubulaire, tubular bridge;
volant, trail bridge; (r. r.) sort of gangway
for loading material;
de Wheatstone, (elec.) Wheatstone bridge.
v. epontille.
pont-levis, m., drawbridge; (man.) rearing;
a bascule, drawbridge worked by a counterpoise
lever;
b, bascule en dessous, v. a tape-cul;
a bascule en dessus, drawbridge with counterpoise
above roadway, lifting drawbridge;
& chalnes, chain drawbridge;
b, contrepoids, counterpoise drawbridge;
b, engrenage, drawbridge worked by gearing;
hfleche, drawbridge worked by pliers;
Heche de , pliers;
b, la Poncelet, lifting bridge with chain counterpoise;
b, spirale, drawbridge worked by a chain
passing over a spiral drum;
b, tape-cul, drawbridge with counterpoise
under roadway, dropping drawbridge;
tape-cul de , counterpoise of a drawbridge;
htrappe, lever drawbridge.
ponton, m., pontoon, ponton; hulk;
d'accostagc, lighter;
allege, camel;
bach , pontoon raft;
-bigue, sheer pontoon; crane barge;
cadre b, , pontoon frame;
b, canon, gun hoy;
charbonmer, coal hulk;
a la Colleton, (mil.) cylinder pontoon;
b, cyeuscr, & curer, cureur, dredging
boat, dredge;
cylindrique, (mil.) cylinder pontoon;
flottant, pontoon;
haqueth , (mil.) pontoon wagon;
en lilge, (mil.) cork pontoon;
b, mater, mature, sheer hulk;
metallique, (mil.) metallic pontoon;
mouilleur pour torpilles, torpedo-planting
hulk;
en toile goudronnee, (mil.) canvas pontoon;
tonneau, (mil.) cylinder pontoon.
pontonnier, m., (mil.) pontonier.
pore, m., hog, pig; (met.) slag containing unmelted
ore;
cul-de
cul-de
cul-de
, (cord.) single wall knot;
couronne, (cord.) crown knot;
double, (cord.) double wall knot;
soie de , bristle;
tete de , (mil.) wedge-shaped formation of a
battalion.
poree, f., (fond.) fine earth for molding.
poreux, a., porous; (met.) blistered (of a casting).
porges, m., (met.) twyer side (of a Catalan forge).
porphyre, m., porphyry.
porque, f., (nav.) rider.
port, m., port, harbor, haven; city around a port;
quay; tonnage, burden; po'stage: carriage;
wearing (as of uniform); mode of carrying (as
carbine, saber, etc.); (man.) carriage (of the
head);
abrite, landlocked port;
oiler, arriver, b, bon , to arrive in safety; to
come, to get, into harbor;
d'arme, (sm. a.) (position of) "carry arms;"
d'armement, port of registry; (mil.) fittingout
port;
d'armes, license to shoot or to carry arms;
(sm. a.) (position of) "carry arms;"
d'attache, headquarters port; port of assem-
bly, of concentration, of young men liable to
summons for sea service;
avant , outer harbor;
avoir ses s francs, to have the postal franchise;