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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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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