Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Bridgework; the structure or edifice of a bridge; a bridge.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun rare Bridgework; structure or edifice of a bridge.

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  • noun Bridgework; structure or edifice of a bridge.

Etymologies

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Latin pontificem, accusative singular of pontifex, from the noun pons, pontis, a bridge + facere to make. Compare pontiff.

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