tête de pontn.

/tɛt də ˈpɒ̃/

Forms: Plural têtes de pont.

Etymology: French, lit. ‘bridge head’.

A fortification defending the approach to a bridge; a bridge-head.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > [noun] > works at bridge

bridgehead1760

tête de pont1794

1794 Amer. St. Papers, Mil. Affairs (1832) I. 89 There ought to be..close to the chain, a small tete de pont.

1812 Examiner 31 Aug. 549/2 One bridge upon the Beressina, with double tetes-de-pont.

1829 W. Scott Anne of Geierstein I. viii. 203 They were not long of discovering the tete-du-pont on which the drawbridge, when lowered, had formerly rested.

1853 J. H. Stocqueler Mil. Encycl. 283/2 In order to add to the defence of Têtes de Pont, reduits have been constructed within them.

1918 E. S. Farrow Dict. Mil. Terms 613 Tête-de-pont, a work thrown up at the end of a bridge to cover communication across a river; a bridgehead.

1926 H. W. Fowler Dict. Mod. Eng. Usage 329/1 The strong tête-de-pont fortifications were rushed by our troops, & a battalion crossed the bridge.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

单词	tête de pont
释义	tête de pontn. /tɛt də ˈpɒ̃/ Forms: Plural têtes de pont. Etymology: French, lit. ‘bridge head’. A fortification defending the approach to a bridge; a bridge-head. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > [noun] > works at bridge bridgehead1760 tête de pont1794 1794 Amer. St. Papers, Mil. Affairs (1832) I. 89 There ought to be..close to the chain, a small tete de pont. 1812 Examiner 31 Aug. 549/2 One bridge upon the Beressina, with double tetes-de-pont. 1829 W. Scott Anne of Geierstein I. viii. 203 They were not long of discovering the tete-du-pont on which the drawbridge, when lowered, had formerly rested. 1853 J. H. Stocqueler Mil. Encycl. 283/2 In order to add to the defence of Têtes de Pont, reduits have been constructed within them. 1918 E. S. Farrow Dict. Mil. Terms 613 Tête-de-pont, a work thrown up at the end of a bridge to cover communication across a river; a bridgehead. 1926 H. W. Fowler Dict. Mod. Eng. Usage 329/1 The strong tête-de-pont fortifications were rushed by our troops, & a battalion crossed the bridge. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1794
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