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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As popular "superstition" again quite rightly supposes, the easiest and most effectual remedy in such a case is to exhume and burn the body, thus depriving the creature of his point d'appui.
From The Astral Plane Its Scenery, Inhabitants and Phenomena by Leadbeater, C. W. (Charles Webster)
The first struggle between the Jacobins and the Girondists gave the skilful Dumouriez a double point d'appui for his policy.
From History of the Girondists, Volume I Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution by Ryde, H. T.
Such things afford a point d'appui; for it is evidently of the essence of caricature to be reactionary.
From Picture and Text 1893 by James, Henry
The rough and ready clue which it offers to the confusions of life is not drawn from any individualistic "point d'appui" of pseudo-psychological personal vision, as are these modern clues to the mystery.
From Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations by Powys, John Cowper
Austria, however, needed our protection both in war and peace, and had no other point d'appui.
From Current History: A Monthly Magazine of the New York Times, May 1918 Vol. VIII, Part I, No. 2 by Various
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