DCHP-2
pont Cdn French DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a bridge across a river, bay, etc., formed by the natural freezing of the water and used as a means of crossing from one shore to the other.
See also: ice-bridge (def. 1a)
- 1808 (1809) A variety of circumstances must combine to form a pont; when many very large masses of ice happen to come in contact, and fill the whole space between one side of the river and the other, then become stationary.
- 1850 When the ice does form, it is called a pont; there is always a kind of jubilee, and people are to be seen in every direction sleighing, sliding, skating, and running.
- 1808 (1809) A variety of circumstances must combine to form a pont; when many very large masses of ice happen to come in contact, and fill the whole space between one side of the river and the other, then become stationary.