An Universal Dictionary of the Marine / Or, a Copious Explanation of the Technical Terms and Phrases Employed in the Construction, Equipment, Furniture, Machinery, Movements, and Military Operations of a Ship. Illustrated With Variety of Original Designs of Shipping, in Different Situations; Together With Separate Views of Their Masts, Sails, Yards, and Rigging. to Which Is Annexed, a Translation of the French Sea-terms and Phrases, Collected from the Works of Mess. Du Hamel, Aubin, Saverien, &c.

by William Falconer

Pompe de mer. See Trompe.

POMPE-en bon etat, Pompe libre, a good pump, or pump in good trim.

Pompes à roue & à chaines, chain pumps.

Pompes du maître-valet, hand-pumps, used for water casks, oil-casks, wine-casks, &c.

PONENT, the west, in the language of Provence: also a name given to the Western Ocean.

PONT, the deck of a ship.

Pont à caillebotis, ou à treilles, a grating-deck.

Pont coupé, a deck open in the middle, as in some small vessels that have only part of a deck towards the stem and stern.

Pont courant devant arriere, a deck flush fore and aft.

Pont de cordes, a sort of netting to cover a ship’s waist, and prevent the impression of boarders.