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• 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

• Landing Ship, Tank — A Canadian LST off loads an M4 Sherman during the Allied invasion of Sicily in 1943. Landing Ship, Tank (LST) was the military designation for naval vessels created during World War II to support amphibious operations by carrying significant… …   Wikipedia

• 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

• pontoon — pontoon1 /pon toohn /, n. 1. Mil. a boat or some other floating structure used as one of the supports for a temporary bridge over a river. 2. a float for a derrick, landing stage, etc. 3. Naut. a float for raising a sunken or deeply laden vessel… …   Universalium

• pontoon — pon•toon [[t]pɒnˈtun[/t]] also pon•ton [[t]ˈpɒn tn[/t]] n. 1) mil a boat or some other floating structure used as one of the supports for a temporary bridge over a river 2) civ a float for a derrick, landing stage, etc 3) naut. aer. navig. a… …   From formal English to slang

• pontoon plane — noun a seaplane equipped with pontoons for landing or taking off from water • Syn: ↑floatplane • Hypernyms: ↑seaplane, ↑hydroplane …   Useful english dictionary

• Mobile Landing Platform — USNS Watkins (back) and heavy lift ship MV Mighty Servant 1 moored side by side off San Diego during a demonstration of the Mobile Landing Platform concept in 2005. Class overview …   Wikipedia

• Battle of Eltham's Landing — The Battle of Eltham s Landing, also known as the Battle of Barhamsville, or West Point, took place on May 7, 1862, in New Kent County, Virginia, as part of the Peninsula Campaign of the American Civil War. Brig. Gen. William B. Franklin s Union… …   Wikipedia

• O'Connor's Landing — was a family lakeside resort in Logan County, Ohio on the shores of Indian Lake. It was one of twenty one hotels and cottage resorts listed in the 1911 travel atlas[1] for the area. Indian Lake is formed by two forks of the Great Miami River and… …   Wikipedia

• Seabees in World War II — The history of the United States Navy Seabees in World War II begins with the 7 December 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor. After the attack and the United States entry into the war, the use of civilian labor in war zones became impractical. The Navy… …   Wikipedia

• River Hull — River The tidal barrier at the mouth of the river …   Wikipedia