point d'appui
Britishnoun
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a support or prop
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(formerly) the base or rallying point for a military unit
Example Sentences
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Now, Mark wished devoutly that the idea of that dimple as a sort of point d'appui had never entered his thoughts, but there was the regrettable fact.
From Enter Bridget by Cobb, Thomas
This I could prove beyond a single doubt, Were there a jot of sense among mankind; But till that point d'appui is found, alas!
From Don Juan by Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron
Boston, however, was her point d'appui, and in it she formed acquaintances of every class, the most utilitarian and the most idealistic.
From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 438 Volume 17, New Series, May 22, 1852 by Chambers, Robert
But then the point d’appui on the other side was much lower down, and number one, with half a dozen of his neighbours, would be dashed against the opposite bank, or soused into the water.
From The Rifle Rangers by Reid, Mayne
This I could prove beyond a single doubt, Were there a jot of sense among Mankind; But till that point d'appui is found, alas!
From The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 6 by Coleridge, Ernest Hartley
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