||Tête`-de-pont" (tāt`de*pôN"),
n.; pl. Têtes-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.
||Tête`-de-pont" (tāt`de*pôN"),
n.; pl. Têtes-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.