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Ponvolant

Pon`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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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