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Webster 1913 Edition


Tete-de-pont


Têteˊ-de-pont′

(tātˊde-pôN′)
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Noun.
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pl.
Têtes-de-pont
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[F., head of a bridge.]
(Mil.)
A work thrown up at the end of a bridge nearest the enemy, for covering the communications across a river; a bridgehead.