Pontooning

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The art or process of constructing pontoon bridges. uncountable

    "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."

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"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."

Etymology

From pontoon + -ing.

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