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point d'appui
/ pwɛ̃ dapwi /
noun
- a support or prop
- (formerly) the base or rallying point for a military unit
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Their purpose was to protect the right flank of the attack and to construct a point dappui on a suitable site between L8 and L10.
From Project Gutenberg
I quitted Conway early, driving across the chain-bridge, which serves as a most noble point dappui to the ruined castle.
From Project Gutenberg
The weakness of the old Fourth Party was that they had no point dappui; they were always a body of skirmishers altogether en lair.
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