noun
- Soldiers or engineers who build, maintain, or operate pontoon bridges and floating structures.
Usage: military; plural form of pontoonier; also spelled 'pontoniers' or 'pontooniers'
Examples
- The pontoniers assembled the floating bridge across the river in less than two hours.
- Military pontoniers are trained to construct temporary crossings under combat conditions.
- During the operation, pontoniers worked around the clock to establish supply routes.
- The regiment's pontoniers demonstrated their expertise by deploying pontoon boats efficiently.