punt
1
8.3
- noun
- /pʌnt/
- UK
:
barca de fondo plano
- "In recompense to me, whose holiday plans had also been disrupted, he took me for a weekend in a camping punt on the Thames, just before my ninth birthday."
- flat-bottomed punt
- canoes and punts
- bottomed punts
Examples
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Mumbling a quick prayer, she launched the hired punt.
Fiction book (1993) -
The water probably was shallow enough for poling, but I was far too small to use a punt pole.
Academic text (1997) -
5. She tied up the punt, started out across the black Delta mud.
Fiction book (1993) -
They brought the punt in and got out.
Fiction book (1999) -
One cruiser passed too close and too fast; her wash beat against the flat sides of the punt, and a cupful of water came aboard.
Academic text (1997) -
We returned the punt at dusk and hungrily set off homeward.
Academic text (1997) -
The pier was hung with Chinese lanterns; punts bobbed on the water.
Fiction book (1997) -
They were sitting in the old punt in the reeds, young Hannon listening to Irene.
Fiction book (1999) -
While mooring the punt, Father showed me how to make a clove hitch with the mooring line around the branch.
Academic text (1997) -
On a sunny afternoon, we decided to rent a punt and enjoy a leisurely ride along the river.
Synonyms
21
1.0
A small open boat moved with oars on lakes and rivers
18
2.5
A boat that travels on a river, often used for tours or fun
1
2.9
A boat that carries people or goods along a river
A boat with a level hull for shallow, calm water
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Etymology
Punt (boat) comes from older words for a small, simple river boat; imagine a long, flat boat used in shallow water and moved by a person with a pole. So a punt is the flat-bottomed boat you push along with a pole.