pontooning
English
Etymology
pontoon + -ing
Noun
pontooning (uncountable)
- The art or process of constructing pontoon bridges.
- 1905, The Royal Engineers Journal (volume 2, page 284)
- 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.
- 1905, The Royal Engineers Journal (volume 2, page 284)