tête-de-pont
See also: tête de pont
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French tête de pont (“head of a bridge”).
Noun
edittête-de-pont (plural têtes-de-pont)
- (military) a bridgehead.
References
edit- “tête-de-pont”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.