Appui

(ap-pwè'.) [Fr., a support. ] (Manége.) The application of the action of the bridle in the rider's hand. As, for instance, a horse has no A. when he cannot suffer the slightest contact of his mouth with the bit; and too much A, when he takes too great a hold upon the bit.-Point d'A. (Mil.). A given point or centre for th formation of troops, or by which they are marched or| deployed into line or column. [s. 39]