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Cdn French
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the 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: ice-bridge(def. 1a)
Quotations
1808
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.