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pontooning

pontooning noun: the art or process of constructing pontoon bridges.

Noun

pontooning (uncountable)

  1. 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

Origin of pontooning

From pontoon + -ing.

Questions about pontooning

What does pontooning mean?
Pontooning means the art or process of constructing pontoon bridges.
What part of speech is pontooning?
Pontooning is a noun.

Words near pontooning in the dictionary

  1. pontooned
  2. pontooneer
  3. pontooneers
  4. pontooner
  5. pontooners
  6. pontooning
  7. pontoons
  8. Pontoosuc
  9. Pontop
  10. pontoporeiid
  11. pontoporeiids

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