The punt was the unit of money used in the Irish Republic before it was replaced by the euro. The round-trip fare to Havana is 550 Irish punts . The punt was also used to refer to the Irish currency system. the cost of defending the punt against speculators. In ancient Egyptian and Greek geography, the southern coast of the Red Sea and adjacent coasts of the Gulf of Aden, corresponding to modern coastal Ethiopia and Djibouti. Visited by Egyptian expeditions as early as 2200 BC, it was a place of ancient legend and fable and Egypt's source for incense, ivory, and ostrich feathers. During the reign of Queen Hatshepsut, an expedition was sent to Punt, and the queen had the details of the journey recorded on the walls of the Deir el-Bahri temple near Thebes. Only in the late 4th century BC were the trade routes to Punt opened to the Greeks
an open flat-bottomed boat used in shallow waters and propelled by a long pole propel with a pole; "pole barges on the river"; "We went punting in Cambridge"
when a player 10 yards behind the center catches a snap, drops it and kicks it before it hits the ground; an opponent tries to catch and advance it the other way
A semimythical land that the Egyptian texts refer to as a source for trade Its exact location is still unclear, but it was south of Egypt, perhaps in modern day Somalia
(football) a kick in which the football is dropped from the hands and kicked before it touches the ground; "the punt traveled 50 yards"; "punting is an important part of the game"
The concave indentation in the bottom of certain wine bottles, especially those containing sparkling wine Several reasons for it may be found in literature: to collect crystals or sediment (this only works if the bottle is standing upright) so that the wine may be decanted easily; to add "apparent size" to a bottle which contains exactly the same measure as a bottle which lacks the punt; to facilitate snobbiness by allowing the sommelier to pour a wine flamboyantly, with his thumb in the punt and the bottle cradled in his other four fingers; etc, etc Reason # 1 is more correct than the others
A flat bottomed boat propelled up by means of a long pole thrust against the bottom of the river, or shallow water Punting is a very popular activity in the Summer term, especially on the Cherwell It is not as difficult to manage as it looks, although occasionally the choice has to be made of parting from the pole or the punt [University]
A kick in which the ball is dropped from the hands and kicked with the instep before it reaches the ground Punts usually occur when it is fourth down for a team that does not want to risk losing possession by trying for a first down, but is too far away from the opponent's goal line to attempt a field goal
A type of kick used to get the ball downfield, usually on fourth down The punter takes a long snap from center, and then kicks the ball before it hits the ground