单词 | tête de pont |
释义 | ‖ tête de pont|tɛt də pɔ̃| Pl. têtes de pont. [Fr., lit. ‘bridge head’.] A fortification defending the approach to a bridge; a bridge-head.
1794Amer. St. Papers, Mil. Affairs (1832) I. 89 There ought to be..close to the chain, a small tete de pont. 1812Examiner 31 Aug. 549/2 One bridge upon the Beressina, with double tetes-de-pont. 1829Scott Anne of G. ix, They were not long of discovering the tête-du-pont on which the drawbridge, when lowered, had formerly rested. 1853H. J. Stocqueler Milit. Encycl. 283/2 In order to add to the defence of Têtes de Pont, reduits have been constructed within them. 1918E. S. Farrow Dict. Milit. Terms 613 Tête-de-pont, a work thrown up at the end of a bridge to cover communication across a river; a bridgehead. 1926Fowler Mod. Eng. Usage 329/1 The strong tête-de-pont fortifications were rushed by our troops, & a battalion crossed the bridge. |

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