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• Pontoon bridge — The U.S. 9th Army crosses the Rhine on a temporary steel treadway pontoon bridge, 1945. Carries Pedestrian, automobile, truck Span range Short to long …   Wikipedia

• Pontoon — Pon*toon , n. [F. ponton (cf. It. pontone), from L. ponto, onis, fr. pons, pontis, a bridge, perhaps originally, a way, path: cf. Gr. ? path, Skr. path, pathi, panthan. Cf. {Punt} a boat.] 1. (Mil.) A wooden flat bottomed boat, a metallic… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Pontoon bridge — Pontoon Pon*toon , n. [F. ponton (cf. It. pontone), from L. ponto, onis, fr. pons, pontis, a bridge, perhaps originally, a way, path: cf. Gr. ? path, Skr. path, pathi, panthan. Cf. {Punt} a boat.] 1. (Mil.) A wooden flat bottomed boat, a metallic …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Pontoon train — Pontoon Pon*toon , n. [F. ponton (cf. It. pontone), from L. ponto, onis, fr. pons, pontis, a bridge, perhaps originally, a way, path: cf. Gr. ? path, Skr. path, pathi, panthan. Cf. {Punt} a boat.] 1. (Mil.) A wooden flat bottomed boat, a metallic …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• pontoon — Ⅰ. pontoon [1] ► NOUN Brit. ▪ a card game in which players try to acquire cards with a value totalling twenty one. ORIGIN probably an alteration of French vingt et un twenty one . Ⅱ. pontoon [2] ► NOUN 1) a …   English terms dictionary

• pontoon — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. float, raft; boat, bladder, floater, buoy. See ship. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. barge, float, craft; see boat , raft …   English dictionary for students

• pontoon — pontoon1 [pɒn tu:n] noun Brit. the card game blackjack or vingt et un. ↘a hand of two cards totalling 21 in this game. Origin early 20th cent.: prob. an alt. of vingt et un twenty one . pontoon2 [pɒn tu:n] noun 1》 a flat bottomed boat or hollow… …   English new terms dictionary

• Mercedes-Benz Actros 4160 — The Mercedes Benz Actros 4160 is a Heavy Haulage transport truck.So that means it transports very heavy weight objects.In the first days of April, in the port of Rotterdam a crane hoisted the BURAN (Soviet Spaceshuttle) onto a sixteen axle low… …   Wikipedia

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• USS Deliver (ARS-23) — was an Diver class rescue and salvage ship commissioned by the U.S. Navy during World War II. Her task was to come to the aid of stricken vessels. Deliver (ARS 23) was launched 25 September 1943 by Basalt Rock Co., Inc., Napa, California;… …   Wikipedia