Definition of Pontage. Meaning of Pontage. Synonyms of Pontage

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Definition of Pontage

Pontage
Pontage Pon"tage (?; 48), n. [LL. pontagium, from L. pons, pontis, a bridge: cf. F. pontage.] (O. Eng. Law) A duty or tax paid for repairing bridges. --Ayliffe.

Meaning of Pontage from wikipedia

- Pontage was a toll levied for the building or repair of bridges dating to the medieval era in England, Wales and Ireland. Pontage was similar in nature...
- Mobile bridge 70 (2013) SPRAT  France Modular ****ault bridge 10 Vedette de pontage F2  France Bridging speedboat 8 Robots MINIROGEN (ECA COBRA MK2)  France...
- ponderous, pound, preponderance, preponderate pons pont- bridge pons, pontage, pontic, pontile, pontine, pontonier, pontoon, punt populus popul- depo****te...
- two more are 74 feet (23 m) and the land-arches are 20 feet (6 m). The pontage was abolished in 1879. The bridge was built between 1805 and 1809 by Thomas...
- the bridge repairs that followed floods, as the cost of these repairs or pontage had to be raised by borrowing money and charging a local toll. The largest...
- before 1252, when the bailiff and men of the town received a grant of pontage for one year towards its repairs. Several similar grants followed, the...
- Chisman Bobby Renton 1952 Frosty Knight 6 Charles Straker Ian Straker 1953 Pontage 7 Bunny Cox Dan Moore 1954 Quare Times 8 Bunny Cox Vincent O'Brien 1955...
- the Malbaie River, in La Malbaie. This bay also receives the waters of the Mailloux River (west s****) and of the Côte à Pontage Cr**** (east side).....
- England and Wales (1870–72) all users of the bridge were required to pay a pontage to cross. The bridge was the only means of communication between the townships...
- Petersfield freedom from toll, stallage, picage, pannage, murage, and pontage throughout the realm of England. All charters are preserved in the archive...