Noun:

ஒரு வகைச் சீட்டாட்டம்,

pontoons's Usage Examples:

pontoons provided for visitor moorings.

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.

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

harbourcent time the outer harbor in Rothesay has been developed with floating pontoons to service boat owners.

Other facilities, including the slipway, additional workshops and sheds, and the installation of pontoons, will be built to meet demand.

The Rialto bridge was designed in 1178 by Nicolo Barattieri, and was carried on pontoons.

Lets hope the plans to install pontoons in the basin (see WW May 2000) will ease the problems of mooring here.

" Floating " bridges are roadways carried on pontoons moored in a stream.

Synonyms:

amphibious aircraft, amphibian, float,

Antonyms:

sink, stay in place, natural object, linger,