Noun:

ஒரு வகைச் சீட்டாட்டம்,

pontoon's Usage Examples:

pontoons provided for visitor moorings.

The conflict about St Pierre (Lostenia) was one of the most bloody of the war; but for hours Hill maintained his ground, and finally repulsed the French before Wellington, delayed by his pontoon bridge over the Nive having been swept away, arrived to his aid.

A battle was fought on the Canal banks, and some Turkish detachments succeeded in launching pontoons on the Canal itself.

(2) The Britannia and Conway bridges were built on staging on shore, lifted by pontoons, floated out to their position between the piers, and lastly lifted into place by hydraulic presses.

The rapidity with which walls, piles and pontoons - stone, wood and iron - become covered with marine plants is well known, while the discovery of some effective means of preventing the fouling of the bottoms of ships by the growth of algae would be hailed as a boon by shipowners.

There are a straight run of 4 berths and a further 14 berths on attached finger pontoons.

in length, each supported by two pontoons placed 64 ft.

floating mooring pontoon can also be seen.

The center rope was put through the center fender eyes and quickly dropped over the center pontoon mooring cleat.

Due to insufficient bridging material or pontoons, the brigade had to satisfy itself with the occupation of the eastern perimeter of the village.

Example 1 A couple lives in a purpose-built houseboat comprising a timber-clad building on a pontoon.

At Riga there is a floating pontoon bridge over the Diina.

Synonyms:

amphibious aircraft, amphibian, float,

Antonyms:

sink, stay in place, natural object, linger,