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appuy

appuy is the alternative spelling of appui.

Meaning of appui

Noun

appui (plural appuis or appuies)

  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...
  2. (obsolete, horse-riding) The mutual bearing or support of the hand of the rider and the mouth of the horse through the bit and bridle.

See all 3 meanings of appui

Forms of appuy

Noun
pluralappuys
Verb
third-person singular presentappuys
present participleappuying
past participleappuyed
pastappuyed

Questions about appuy

What is appuy the alternative spelling of?
Appuy is the alternative spelling of appui.

Words near appuy in the dictionary

  1. appurtenants
  2. appurtenaunce
  3. appurtenaunces
  4. appurtenaunt
  5. appurtenaunts
  6. appuy
  7. appuyed
  8. appuying
  9. appuys
  10. appx
  11. appy

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Adapted from Wiktionary: appuy (page history and authors); appui (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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