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Definition: Pontvolant
Pontvolant
\Pont`vo*lant"\ (?; F. ?), n. [F. pont bridge +
volant flying.] (Mil.)
A kind of light bridge, used in sieges, for surprising a post
or outwork which has but a narrow moat; a flying bridge.
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