bridgehead

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun an area in hostile territory that has been captured and is held awaiting further troops and supplies
noun a defensive post at the end of a bridge nearest to the enemy

Calque of French tête de pont, equivalent to bridge + head.

It is not exactly stupidity, nor rascality....” * Bridgehead. — War and Peace, Leo, graf Tolstoy
I had been up the river to the bridgehead at Plava. — A farewell to arms, Ernest Hemingway
Meanwhile the fishermen had bustled off in search of a boat, and the inspector had raced to the bridgehead, where he stood gesticulating frantically and blowing his whistle, while Thorndyke continued placidly to watch the receding barge through his binocular. — The blue scarab, R. Austin (Richard Austin) Freeman

foothold

Type a word, a sentence, a book title, or a link to an English article. WordNet and the Classics answer.

Try

A library of classics · a vault of words · instant etymology & meaning

From: —

Output

Worksheet Type (multi-select)

Scope

Difficulty

Max questions

0 words Min 50 words / Max 2,000 words