tête-de-pont

See also: tête de pont

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French tête de pont (“head of a bridge”).

Noun

tête-de-pont (plural têtes-de-pont)

(military) a bridgehead.

References

“tête-de-pont”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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