† pontn.¹

Forms: Middle English pounte, Middle English (pre-1700–1800s Scottish) pont.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French pont.

Etymology: Originally < Anglo-Norman pont, pount, etc., and Old French pont (c1260 in Old French; earlier in Anglo-Norman as punt (c1100); French pont ) < classical Latin pont- , pōns bridge (see pons n.); in later use reborrowed < French pont. Compare Old Occitan pon, pont (c1150; Occitan pont), Catalan pont (13th cent.), Spanish puente (1043), Portuguese ponte (13th cent.), Italian ponte (1253). Compare also Welsh pont bridge (12th cent.; < Latin).Earlier currency of the word is implied in place names, as Pontefratch (a1135), Pumfrate (a1193) Pontefract, West Riding, Yorkshire (compare Pontefract n. and Pomfret n.²). Compare the following renderings of foreign place names:c1450 J. Capgrave Solace of Pilgrims (Bodl. 423) (1911) 12 Pont adriane..stand undir adrianes temple. ▸ a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll.) 791 Sir Launcelot rode on his adventure tyll..he paste over the Pounte de Corbyn. In Middle English attested only in the surname Attepont (see quot. 1279) and in the compound ponthouse.

Obsolete. rare.

A bridge.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > means of travel > route or way > other means of passage or access > [noun] > bridge

bridgeeOE

pont1279

pontifice1667

1279 in W. Illingworth Rotuli Hundredorum (1818) II. 374 (MED) Alanus Attepont.

1333 Accts. Tower of London Bundle 469 no. 15 m. 1, in Middle Eng. Dict. at Pount(e Roberto de Sancto Albano pro ccc clav' empt' pro host' et fenestr' in dicta fabrica faciend' et emend' et pounthous in pariet' firmand', precii ciii d., ix d.

1639 Glasgow Council Rec. 11 Oct. Ordanit that ane dyke be built at Stockwall-heid, and ane Pont put therein.

1875 W. McIlwraith Guide Wigtownshire 25 One cannot traverse the narrow path between its crumbling parapets without strange thoughts present themselves anent the old pont.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

pontn.²

Brit.

/pɒnt/, U.S.

/pɑnt/, Irish English

/pɑnt/, South African English

/pɒnt/

Origin: A borrowing from Dutch. Etymon: Dutch pont.

Etymology: < Dutch pont ferryboat, pontoon (Middle Dutch ponte : see punt n.¹).In South African use (see sense 1b) < South African Dutch pont.

a. A large flat-bottomed boat or float. Cf. pontoon n.¹ Now rare (in later use Irish English).

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel of specific construction or shape > flat-bottomed boat > [noun] > types of

sedge-boat1336

shout1395

scout1419

pink1471

punt-boatc1500

palander1524

pram1531

punt1556

bark1598

sword-pink1614

pont1631

schuit1666

pontoon1681

bateau1711

battoe1711

flight1769

scow1780

keel-boat1786

ferry flat1805

ark1809

panga1811

mackinaw boat1812

mudboat1824

pinkie1840

mackinaw1842

sharpie1860

sculling float1874

pass-boat1875

sled1884

scow sloop1885

sharp1891

johnboat1894

ballahoo1902

pram1929

goelette1948

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel of specific construction or shape > flat-bottomed boat > [noun] > used as support, wharf, or gate

pont1631

pontoon1676

tin-boat1677

wharf-boat1849

caisson1854

caisson-gate1866

1631 J. Pory Let. 22 Sept. in R. F. Williams Birch's Court & Times Charles I (1848) (modernized text) II. 133 King of Spain's forces by sea,..taken by the Prince of Orange..ten great pontes, in every one of which fourscore men.

1726 Gentleman Angler 75 Go into a Pont or Boat, and..Angle..as you do with the Artificial Fly for Trout.

1776 G. Semple Treat. Building in Water 99 You must also have..a Boatman to keep your Float or Pont steady.

1816 W. S. Mason Statist. Acct. Ireland II. 267 Two boats, called by the fishermen [on Lough Neagh] ponts, of 30 cwt. each, used principally in the carriage of turf.

1880 W. H. Patterson Gloss. Words Antrim & Down Pont, a kind of boat which carries thirty hundred-weight of turf, used on Lough Neagh.

1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 258/2 Pont, a pontoon.

b. In South Africa: a large flat-bottomed ferry boat operating on a rope or cable.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel for transporting people or goods > [noun] > ferry > types of

toni1582

horse-boat1591

bac1676

ferry bridge1696

rope-ferry1755

pont1776

ferry flat1805

steam-ferry1812

steam ferry-boat1812

night boat1839

bar-boat1857

train ferry-boat1867

car ferry1884

grind1889

swinging-bridge1892

train ferry1900

night ferry1948

SeaCat1954

walla-walla1957

1776 F. Masson in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 66 279 We came to the pont or ferry.

1856 R. E. E. Wilmot Diary (1984) 12 Not until an hour had been spent in trying to smoke in the cold wind did we see the pont emerge from the darkness.

1899 Daily News 11 Dec. 5/3 The Boers have seized the pont on the Orange River at Prieska, and cut the wire cable attached to it.

1937 H. Klein Stage Coach Dust 20 The pont was so successful that it was used day and night.

1991 Eastern Province Herald (Port Elizabeth) 17 May 27 The pont at the river mouth operates daily from dawn to dusk.

†2. = caisson n. 2a. Obsolete. rare.

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society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > building or providing with specific parts > specific parts built or constructed > [noun] > foundation(s) > chest used in laying underwater foundations

pont1721

pontoon1859

1721 J. Perry Acct. Stopping Daggenham Breach 31 Large Ponts or Chests..he propos'd to sink at about twelve Foot space from each other, beginning from a Peer.

1840 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 3 106/2 Mr. Boswell was first to make piers and then sink 6 ponts or chests 60 feet in length, 30 feet broad.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pont
释义	† pontn.¹ Forms: Middle English pounte, Middle English (pre-1700–1800s Scottish) pont. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French pont. Etymology: Originally < Anglo-Norman pont, pount, etc., and Old French pont (c1260 in Old French; earlier in Anglo-Norman as punt (c1100); French pont ) < classical Latin pont- , pōns bridge (see pons n.); in later use reborrowed < French pont. Compare Old Occitan pon, pont (c1150; Occitan pont), Catalan pont (13th cent.), Spanish puente (1043), Portuguese ponte (13th cent.), Italian ponte (1253). Compare also Welsh pont bridge (12th cent.; < Latin).Earlier currency of the word is implied in place names, as Pontefratch (a1135), Pumfrate (a1193) Pontefract, West Riding, Yorkshire (compare Pontefract n. and Pomfret n.²). Compare the following renderings of foreign place names:c1450 J. Capgrave Solace of Pilgrims (Bodl. 423) (1911) 12 Pont adriane..stand undir adrianes temple. ▸ a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll.) 791 Sir Launcelot rode on his adventure tyll..he paste over the Pounte de Corbyn. In Middle English attested only in the surname Attepont (see quot. 1279) and in the compound ponthouse. Obsolete. rare. A bridge. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > other means of passage or access > [noun] > bridge bridgeeOE pont1279 pontifice1667 1279 in W. Illingworth Rotuli Hundredorum (1818) II. 374 (MED) Alanus Attepont. 1333 Accts. Tower of London Bundle 469 no. 15 m. 1, in Middle Eng. Dict. at Pount(e Roberto de Sancto Albano pro ccc clav' empt' pro host' et fenestr' in dicta fabrica faciend' et emend' et pounthous in pariet' firmand', precii ciii d., ix d. 1639 Glasgow Council Rec. 11 Oct. Ordanit that ane dyke be built at Stockwall-heid, and ane Pont put therein. 1875 W. McIlwraith Guide Wigtownshire 25 One cannot traverse the narrow path between its crumbling parapets without strange thoughts present themselves anent the old pont. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online December 2020). pontn.² Brit. /pɒnt/, U.S. /pɑnt/, Irish English /pɑnt/, South African English /pɒnt/ Origin: A borrowing from Dutch. Etymon: Dutch pont. Etymology: < Dutch pont ferryboat, pontoon (Middle Dutch ponte : see punt n.¹).In South African use (see sense 1b) < South African Dutch pont. 1. a. A large flat-bottomed boat or float. Cf. pontoon n.¹ Now rare (in later use Irish English). ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel of specific construction or shape > flat-bottomed boat > [noun] > types of sedge-boat1336 shout1395 scout1419 pink1471 punt-boatc1500 palander1524 pram1531 punt1556 bark1598 sword-pink1614 pont1631 schuit1666 pontoon1681 bateau1711 battoe1711 flight1769 scow1780 keel-boat1786 ferry flat1805 ark1809 panga1811 mackinaw boat1812 mudboat1824 pinkie1840 mackinaw1842 sharpie1860 sculling float1874 pass-boat1875 sled1884 scow sloop1885 sharp1891 johnboat1894 ballahoo1902 pram1929 goelette1948 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel of specific construction or shape > flat-bottomed boat > [noun] > used as support, wharf, or gate pont1631 pontoon1676 tin-boat1677 wharf-boat1849 caisson1854 caisson-gate1866 1631 J. Pory Let. 22 Sept. in R. F. Williams Birch's Court & Times Charles I (1848) (modernized text) II. 133 King of Spain's forces by sea,..taken by the Prince of Orange..ten great pontes, in every one of which fourscore men. 1726 Gentleman Angler 75 Go into a Pont or Boat, and..Angle..as you do with the Artificial Fly for Trout. 1776 G. Semple Treat. Building in Water 99 You must also have..a Boatman to keep your Float or Pont steady. 1816 W. S. Mason Statist. Acct. Ireland II. 267 Two boats, called by the fishermen [on Lough Neagh] ponts, of 30 cwt. each, used principally in the carriage of turf. 1880 W. H. Patterson Gloss. Words Antrim & Down Pont, a kind of boat which carries thirty hundred-weight of turf, used on Lough Neagh. 1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 258/2 Pont, a pontoon. b. In South Africa: a large flat-bottomed ferry boat operating on a rope or cable. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel for transporting people or goods > [noun] > ferry > types of toni1582 horse-boat1591 bac1676 ferry bridge1696 rope-ferry1755 pont1776 ferry flat1805 steam-ferry1812 steam ferry-boat1812 night boat1839 bar-boat1857 train ferry-boat1867 car ferry1884 grind1889 swinging-bridge1892 train ferry1900 night ferry1948 SeaCat1954 walla-walla1957 1776 F. Masson in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 66 279 We came to the pont or ferry. 1856 R. E. E. Wilmot Diary (1984) 12 Not until an hour had been spent in trying to smoke in the cold wind did we see the pont emerge from the darkness. 1899 Daily News 11 Dec. 5/3 The Boers have seized the pont on the Orange River at Prieska, and cut the wire cable attached to it. 1937 H. Klein Stage Coach Dust 20 The pont was so successful that it was used day and night. 1991 Eastern Province Herald (Port Elizabeth) 17 May 27 The pont at the river mouth operates daily from dawn to dusk. †2. = caisson n. 2a. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > building or providing with specific parts > specific parts built or constructed > [noun] > foundation(s) > chest used in laying underwater foundations pont1721 pontoon1859 1721 J. Perry Acct. Stopping Daggenham Breach 31 Large Ponts or Chests..he propos'd to sink at about twelve Foot space from each other, beginning from a Peer. 1840 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 3 106/2 Mr. Boswell was first to make piers and then sink 6 ponts or chests 60 feet in length, 30 feet broad. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹1279n.²1631
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