Culture in Oxford - Spoonerism, Sheldonian Theatre, Punt, Oxford Union, Town and Gown, Oxford Professor of Poetry, Conservative Party Archive (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 45. Chapters: Spoonerism, Sheldonian Theatre, Punt, Oxford Union, Town and gown, Oxford Professor of Poetry, Conservative Party Archive, Aestheticism, Socratic Club, The Scholar Gipsy, Jericho, Oxford, Newdigate Prize, Oxfordian, Oxford spelling, The Eagle and Child, Frank Cooper's, Oxford sausage, William Turner, St Giles' Fair, The Oxford Imps, Oxford University Society of Change Ringers, Commemoration ball, May Morning, The Headington Shark, List of fictional University of Oxford people, The Light of the World, Oxford World's Classics, Oxford sheep, Virtual Library museums pages, The Kilns, Ultimate Picture Palace, Oxford Preservation Trust, Oxford Society of Change Ringers, Turl Street Arts Festival, Oxford Printmakers, Oxford Farming Conference, Oxford Civic Society, Hearties, Oxford Almanack, At Binsey, near Oxford. Excerpt: 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. The punter generally propels the punt by pushing against the river bed with a pole. A punt should not be confused with a gondola, which is propelled by an oar rather than a pole. 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. 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. 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. In Australia, cable ferries are commonly referred to as punts. A traditional river punt di...