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PACKET or PACKET-BOAT to PARSLING
PARTING to PAYING-OFF
PAYING-OUT, or PAYING-AWAY to PILOT
PIN of a block to PLANKING
PLAT to POLE-MAST
Under bare POLES to PRAM or PRAME
Under bare POLES
POMIGLION
PONTOON
POOP
POOP-ROYAL
POOPING
PORT
PORTS
POWDER-CHESTS
PRAM or PRAME
PRATIC to PROP
PROTEST to PURSER
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PONTOON
PONTOON, (ponton, Fr.) a low flat vessel, nearly resembling a lighter, or barge of burthen, and furnished with cranes, capsterns, tackles, and other machinery necessary for careening ships of all sizes. These are very common in the principal parts of the Mediterranean, but are rarely used in the northern parts of Europe.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 218, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/0976.html