appui
verbEtymology From French appui, from Latin ad + podium (“foothold”).
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Government, Military, Politics, War To prop or support, e.g. by posting troops.
appui
noun/əˈpwiː/
Etymology From French appui, from Latin ad + podium (“foothold”).
1
Obsolete A support or supporter; a stay; a prop.
- If a Vine bee to climbe trees that are of any great height, there would be staies and appuies set to it, wherupon it may take hold1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “[Book XVII.] CHAP. XXIII. Of Trees ranged in rewes for to support Vines.”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. […], 1st tome, London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC, page 538:
2
Obsolete The mutual bearing or support of the hand of the rider and the mouth of the horse through the bit and bridle.
3
Abbreviation, Clipping Clipping of point d'appui.
- Related terms
- point d'appui