Pōnt'le-vīs, n.

n. [Fr., properly a draw-bridge, from pont, Lat. pons, bridge, and levis, Pr. levaditz, Sp. levadizo, from Lat. levare, to lift up, elevate, raise, Fr. lever, Pr. & O. Sp. levar, from Lat. levis, light in weight.] (Man.) Disorderly resistance by a horse, consisting in his rearing repeatedly on his hind legs, so as to be in danger of falling backward. Bailey.