Punt

punt, n. a flat-bottomed boat with square ends.— v.t. to propel, as a boat, by pushing with a pole against the bottom of a river: to kick the ball ( in football ) before it touches the ground, when let fall from the hands: to knock.— v.i. to pursue water-fowl in a punt with a punt-gun.— ns. Punt′er ; Punt′-fishing , angling from a punt in a pond, river, or lake; Punt′-gun , a heavy gun of large bore used for shooting water-fowl from a punt; Punts′man , a sportsman who uses a punt. [A.S.,—L. ponto , a punt— pons , pont is , a bridge.]