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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Tête-de-pont

/(tāt`de*pôN")/ · Tête·-de-pont · IPA
01 n. A work thrown up at the end of a bridge nearest the enemy, for covering the communications across a river; a bridgehead.
pl. Têtes-de-pont ((#))
  1. 1.
    A work thrown up at the end of a bridge nearest the enemy, for covering the communications across a river; a bridgehead.(Mil.)