point d'appuin.

Brit.

/ˌpwã daˈpwiː/, U.S.

/ˌpwɑn(t) dɑˈpwi/

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French point d'appui.

Etymology: < French point d'appui (1691; subsequently also in military contexts, and in figurative use) < point point n.¹ + de de prep. + appui appui n.

A point of support, a fulcrum; (spec. Military) a point of strategic importance; frequently figurative.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > [noun] > strong point or fortified position

bridgehead1760

point d'appui1787

strong point1789

high ground1869

beachhead1940

box1942

airhead1943

the world > space > relative position > support > [noun] > that which supports > point of support

fulciment1640

fulcrum1659

hypomochlion1665

bearing point1734

point d'appui1787

knife-edge1818

1787 I. Landmann tr. F. C. von Saldern Elements Tacticks ii. 88 The point d'appui, is that point, to which the wing of a battalion or corps of an army is fixed.

1819 Lady Morgan Florence Macarthy I. iv. 241 The boatman, with his spoon-shaped paddle fixed against a jutting rock, for a point d'appui.

1833 Edinb. Rev. 56 383 She [sc. the Bank of England] is then, as it were, the point d'appui of the whole moneyed and commercial interests.

1876 C. M. Yonge Three Brides II. ii. 35 Raymond used to arm himself with the newspapers as the safest point d'appui.

1945 R. Hargreaves Enemy at Gate 103 Gibraltar..furnished a perfect example of the value of sea power, combined with that ability to retain physical possession of a point d'appui.

1973 D. Aaron Unwritten War vii. xix. 294 This defense of the past was..a point d'appui for the Southern traditionalist.

1996 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 9 May 39/3 The more slender the point d'appui on which the fantasy-construct of words is raised, the more magnificent and self-sustaining is the effect created.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	point dappui
释义	point d'appuin. Brit. /ˌpwã daˈpwiː/, U.S. /ˌpwɑn(t) dɑˈpwi/ Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French point d'appui. Etymology: < French point d'appui (1691; subsequently also in military contexts, and in figurative use) < point point n.¹ + de de prep. + appui appui n. A point of support, a fulcrum; (spec. Military) a point of strategic importance; frequently figurative. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > [noun] > strong point or fortified position bridgehead1760 point d'appui1787 strong point1789 high ground1869 beachhead1940 box1942 airhead1943 the world > space > relative position > support > [noun] > that which supports > point of support fulciment1640 fulcrum1659 hypomochlion1665 bearing point1734 point d'appui1787 knife-edge1818 1787 I. Landmann tr. F. C. von Saldern Elements Tacticks ii. 88 The point d'appui, is that point, to which the wing of a battalion or corps of an army is fixed. 1819 Lady Morgan Florence Macarthy I. iv. 241 The boatman, with his spoon-shaped paddle fixed against a jutting rock, for a point d'appui. 1833 Edinb. Rev. 56 383 She [sc. the Bank of England] is then, as it were, the point d'appui of the whole moneyed and commercial interests. 1876 C. M. Yonge Three Brides II. ii. 35 Raymond used to arm himself with the newspapers as the safest point d'appui. 1945 R. Hargreaves Enemy at Gate 103 Gibraltar..furnished a perfect example of the value of sea power, combined with that ability to retain physical possession of a point d'appui. 1973 D. Aaron Unwritten War vii. xix. 294 This defense of the past was..a point d'appui for the Southern traditionalist. 1996 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 9 May 39/3 The more slender the point d'appui on which the fantasy-construct of words is raised, the more magnificent and self-sustaining is the effect created. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1787
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