Chiefly Military. Originally: †a bridge (obsolete). Later: spec. a temporary floating bridge supported by a number of boats, hollow metal…
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| 释义 | society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > engine of war > [noun] > bridge > constructed of boats, rafts, or pontoons (9) pontoon1590 Chiefly Military. Originally: †a bridge (obsolete). Later: spec. a temporary floating bridge supported by a number of boats, hollow metal… ship-bridge1663 a pontoon bridge. flying bridge1675 †(a) (See quot. 1738 at floating bridge, n.). Obsolete. (b) A temporary bridge for military purposes, esp. (see quot. 1876). float-bridge1692 a bridge of floats or rafts. pont volant1710 An extendable bridge or gangway; (also) a sort of ferry which uses the current to propel a boat tethered by ropes or chains from one side of a… raft bridge1733 a floating bridge made of a raft, or supported by rafts (cf. sense 3c). pontoon bridge1757 a bridge constructed on pontoons (cf. sense 1a). raft1761 Originally and chiefly Military = raft bridge n. at compounds 2. Now rare. Subcategories:— cable of (1) |
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