2. (Mil.) (a) With all small arms, the second point in which the natural line of sight, when horizontal, cuts the trajectory. (b) With artillery, the point where the projectile first strikes the horizontal plane on which the gun stands, the axis of the piece being horizontal.
POINT-BLANK
Point`-blank", a.
1. Directed in a line toward the object aimed at; aimed directly toward the mark.
2. Hence, direct; plain; unqualified; — said of language; as, a point-blank assertion. Point-blank range, the extent of the apparent right line of a ball discharged. — Point-blank shot, the shot of a gun pointed directly toward the object to be hit.
POINT-BLANK
Point`-blank", adv.
Defn: In a point-blank manner.
To sin point-blank against God's word. Fuller.
POINT D'APPUI
Point` d'ap`pui". Etym: [F.] (Mil.)
Defn: See under Appui.
POINT-DEVICE; POINT-DEVISE Point`-de*vice", Point`-de*vise", a. Etym: [OE. at point devis; at at + point point, condition + devis exact, careful, OF. devis fixed, set. See Device.]
Defn: Uncommonly nice and exact; precise; particular.
You are rather point-devise in your accouterments. Shak.
Thus he grew up, in logic point-devise, Perfect in grammar, and in
rhetoric nice. Longfellow.