Tete-de-pont

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tete-de-pont \T[^e]te`-de-pont"\ (t[=a]t`de*p[^o]N"), n.; pl.
     {T[^e]tes-de-pont}. [F., head of a bridge.] (Mil.)
     A work thrown up at the end of a bridge nearest the enemy,
     for covering the communications across a river; a bridgehead.
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