D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

beachhead

· beach·head · IPA /ˈbiːt͡ʃhɛd/
01 n. an area in hostile territory that has been occupied and is held to allow aditional troops and supplies to enter.
  1. 1.
    an area in hostile territory that has been occupied and is held to allow aditional troops and supplies to enter.