Pont

Bridge. Deck. Tie-piece. Bridge (electr.). Axle system (of motor car). Bridge (of electric primer or detonator). Girder-carriage with ends resting on saddles or bogies, of the heaviest railway guns. Girder-carriage of overhead cranes and travellers. Ammunition gangway between carriages of railway-gun train. Pont militaire. Military bridge-—Pont de cir con stance. Bridge improvised of local materials (not nece arily one built in haste; includes semi-permanent bridge built in order to release the bridging train materiel).—Pont 4 support flottant. Floating bridge—Pont 4a support fixe. Pier or trestle bridge—Pont sans support intermédiaire. Single span bridge.—Pont de bateaux. Pontoon bridge. Bridge of boats—Pont d’équipage. Standard bridge of the bridging train.—Pont par bateaux succe ifs. “ Formed up” or ordinary pontoon bridge.——Pont par port iéres. Pontoon bridge of a series of “‘rafts.”—Pont par parties. Somewhat similar to the last named, except that the “ rafts ” become an indivisible part of the bridge-——Pont volant. Flying bridge (swinging ferry). Also light footbridge run over a trench or fort-ditch for a ault, etc.—Pont volant d’équipage. A swinging ferry composed of a six-pontoon raft on a cable.— Matériel de pont Veyzy. Cavalry bridging equipment.— Pont mixte. Bridge of trestles and pontoons.—Pont sur radeaux. Floating bridge on raft supports.—Pont de bateaux de commerce. Bridge of boats obtained locally.—Pont de tonneaux. Cask bridge.—Pont de cai es. Bridge supported by air-tight boxes or cases.—Pont d’outres. Bridge supported by inflated skins—Pont de chevalets. Trestle bridge.— Pont de pilotis. Pile or pier bridge-——Pont de pilotis léger. Light pile bridge.—Pont sur traverses en encorbellement. Improvised cantilever bridge.—Pont Tarron. Girder bridging equipment of Alpine troops.—Pont en fermes. Frame bridge.—Pont en fermes simples (composées). Single rock (double rock) bridge.—Pont suspendu 4 centres. Tension bridge.—Pont a tablier rétréci. Bridge with oblique stre es.—Pont de voitures (also pont roulant). Bridge built over wagons, etc., run down into the river. Pont-levis. Lifting drawbridge. Drawbridge generally. —Pont a bascule. Bascule bridge. Also weighbridge.— Pont roulant. Drawbridge run in on rollers. Syn. ‘“ Pont de voitures”’ (see above). See also below.—Pont A fléche. Small drawbridge in a fort.—Pont de sortie, pont poi on, syn. Pont volant (in the second sense given above). Pont roulant. Railway break-down truck with crane. Gantry carrying crane or traveller, itself mounted on bogies (for railway repairs and for mounting heavy guns). See also above.—Pont transport eur. Transporter, conveyor, gantry —Pont volant 4 rails. Movable rails for ammunition trolley of certain heavy guns. Pont de péage. Toll-bridge——Pont aqueduc (pont canal). Aqueduct, canal aqueduct.—Pont de voie ferrée. Railway bridge.—Equipage de pont. (See génie.)—Commandant du pont. Officer in charge of traffic, defence and maintenance of a bridge.—Pont d’or (d’argent). ’Golden bridge,” way of escape deliberately left open to an enemy in difficulties. —Ponts et chau ées. See below. Pont dormant (permanent, stable, fixe). Permanent bridge, fixed bridge—Pont mobile. Movable bridge of any kind.—Pont 4 poutres. Wooden bridge. Also, girder bridge.—Pont tournant. Swing-bridge—Pont en bois. Wooden bridge.—Pont en magonnerie (en pierre). Stone bridge, masonry bridge.—Pont en bois avec piles en macgonnerie. Wooden bridge on stone piers.—Pont suspendu (pont sur parabole). Suspension bridge.—Pont en chaines. Chain suspension bridge.-Pont suspendu 4 iils d’acier. —Wire suspension bridge.—Pont 4 arches. Arched bridge.— Pont en arcs métalliques. JIron-arched bridge.—Pont sur con tref iches (Pont de jambes de force, pont a jambettes). Strut-framed bridge.—Pont américa in (pont en treillis, pont A poutres entreillis). Lattice-girder bridge.— Pont a armatures (A poutres armées). Tru ed girder bridge.—Pont métallique démon table pour voies ferrées (Pont Marcille, Pont Henry). Standardized equipment for repair of broken railway bridges. Pont blindé (supérieur, inférieur). Armour deck, protective deck (upper, lower).—Pont pare-éclats. Splinter deck, light protective deck.—Pont de la batterie. Battery deck, main deck.—Pont des gaillards. Upper deck (highest deck forming part of the hull itself). Demi-pont. Half deck.— Pont de bout (pont continu, pont de plain-pied, pont entier). Flush deck.—Pont supérieur. Highest or “sun” deck of liner.—Pont inférieur. Lower deck.—Pont principal. Main deck.—Faux pont (entrepont). Orlop deck.—Pont continu (entier). Flush deck.—Pont promenade. Prome- (393/3069)w P nade deck.—Pont tente. Shade deck.—Pont des embarcations. Boat deck.—Pont de manceuvre. Hurricane deck. —Pontabri. Awning deck.—Pont abriléger. Shelter deck. Pont en pente. Cambered deck.—Pont coupé. Open waisted deck.—A plat pont. Emplaced on the open deck (naval guns). —Monter sur le pont. To come on deck.—Sur pont. f.o.b. [p.452]