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check-point
check-point n.
Brit. 
/ˈtʃɛkpɔɪnt/
, /ˈtʃɛkpɔɪnt/U.S. /ˈtʃɛkˌpɔɪnt/
originally U.S. (a) Aeronautics (see quot. 19401); (b) a place (entrance, turnstile, barrier, etc.) where the movement of traffic, pedestrians, etc., is checked; a control-point./ˈtʃɛkˌpɔɪnt/ΘΚΠ
society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > vehicular traffic > [noun] > traffic control > check-point
check-point1940
check-post1949
society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > navigation of course of aircraft > [noun] > course > check-point or way-point
pinpoint1927
check-point1940
waypoint1969
1940 H. E. Baughman Aviation Dict. 48/1 Check point. (1) A check point is a geographical location on the surface of the land or water, above which the position of an aircraft in flight can be accurately determined by means of visual reference... (2) Radio Range Station when instrument flight is necessary.
1940 J. I. Crump & N. Maul Our Airliners 101 Allentown, the next check point, is twenty-four minutes away.
1950 C. MacInnes To Victors the Spoils i. 48 We were stopped by a Redcap at a check-point.
1959 Oxf. Mag. 26 Feb. 274/2 It is observed that x vehicles pass the various check-points on their way into the city.
1959 Times 15 Apr. 13/2 The Russian stopping of four American lorries at the road check-point at Helmstedt.
1965 Listener 9 Dec. 941/1 I showed our passports at Checkpoint Charlie.
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