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pointe

/pwɑnt/

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What does pointe mean?

noun

  1. The tip of the toe; a ballet position executed with the tip of the toe.

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/pwɑnt/

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/pɔɪnt/
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He thoroughly mastered the art, defeated all antagonists, whether English or French, earned his "brevet de pointe for the excellence of his swordsmanship, and became a Maitre d' Armes."
Thomas WrightThe Life of Sir Richard BurtonProject Gutenberg ebook #4315
This discovery I made by a talisman, which Mr. Chute calls the Sortes Walpolianae, by which I find every thing I want, `a pointe nomm`ee, whenever I dip for it.
Horace WalpoleThe Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 2Project Gutenberg ebook #4610