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A '''punt''' is a flat-bottomed boat with a square-cut bow, designed for use in small rivers or other shallow water.

Punting refers to boating in a punt.

== Description ==

The punter generally propels the punt by pushing against the river bed with a pole. A punt should not be confused with a gondola a shallow draft vessel that is structurally different, and which is propelled by an oar rather than a pole.

== History ==

Punts were originally built as cargo boats or platforms for fowling and angling, but in modern times their use is almost exclusively confined to pleasure trips with passengers.

== Smaller versions ==

The term "punt" has also been used to indicate a smaller version of a regional type of long shore working boat, for example the Deal Galley Punt. This derives from the wide usage in coastal communities of the name "punt" for any small clinker-built open-stem general purpose boat.

== Canada ==

In Canada, the term punt can also refer to any small flat-bottomed boat with a square-cut bow, regardless of purpose, building material, or propulsion source.

== Australia ==

In Australia, cable ferries are commonly referred to as punts.

== Nonfiction cross-reference ==

* [[Punt (nonfiction)]]

== Fiction cross-reference ==

* [[Relentless Pandering]]

== External links ==

* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punt_(boat) Punt (boat)] @ Wikipedia

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