Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun a division of an army carrying the materials and implements required for the passage of troops across a river; a pontoon-train.
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Examples
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The lack of mobility in any bridge-train which can be pronounced always trustworthy may, perhaps, compel the adoption, in addition to the _bateau_-train, of a light equipage for use in quick movements.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 74, December, 1863 Various
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That in each regiment two of the companies shall be assigned to duty as pontoniers, and each be furnished with a bridge-train complete.
The Statutes at Large of the Confederate States of America Passed at the Fourth Session of the First Congress, 1863-4 : Carefully Collated with the Originals at Richmond. Confederate States of America 1864
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Marshal Paskevitch near Ossiek, -- viz., that in neither case was there the bridge-train necessary for the purpose, and both were obliged to procure and take up the rivers large boats, bought by the French in
The Art of War Henri Jomini 1824
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