pont (p?nt) n(in South Africa) a river ferry, esp one that is guided by a cable from one bank to the other[C17: from Dutch: ferryboat, punt1; reintroduced through Afrikaans in 19th or 20th century]Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014