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
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Stormont had been reading to her — they having found, after the half shy tentatives of new friends, a point d'appui in literature.
From The Flaming Jewel by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
In the absence of that cyclical series of metamorphoses which even the simplest living thing now shows us, as a result of its inherited constitution, there could be no point d'appui for natural selection.
From Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I by Herbert Spencer
At this period, St. Augustine assumed much importance as a depot and point d'appui for the British forces in their operations against the Southern States; and very considerable forces were at times assembled.
From The Spaniards in Florida Comprising the notable settlement of the Huguenots in 1564, and the History and Antiquities of St. Augustine, Founded A.D. 1565 by George R. Fairbanks
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 George Gordon Byron, Baron Byron
The very want of a point d'appui irritated a brain already excited to a fine condition of unrest.
From The Iron Pirate A Plain Tale of Strange Happenings on the Sea by Sir Max Pemberton
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