point-to-point

[ point-tuh-point ]
/ ˈpɔɪnt təˈpɔɪnt /

noun

a cross-country horse race between specified points, in which each rider is often free to select his or her own course between the points.

Origin of point-to-point

First recorded in 1880–85

Words nearby point-to-point

point-of-purchase, point-of-sale, point-of-sale terminal, point-set, point-system test types, point-to-point, pointal, pointe, pointe claire, pointe-aux-trembles, pointe-noire

Example sentences from the Web for point-to-point

  • In Handbook (fig. 61,i-j) it appears as point-to-point chevrons on the cheeks.

    Mohave Pottery |Alfred L. Kroeber

  • Written language is thus a point-to-point equivalence, to borrow a mathematical phrase, to its spoken counterpart.

    Language |Edward Sapir

  • The design name given, "butterfly," probably applies to the point-to-point large solid triangles, possibly to the rhomboids.

    Mohave Pottery |Alfred L. Kroeber

  • And these two classes sustain a point-to-point correspondence to each other—they are correlated.

    Essays in Experimental Logic |John Dewey

British Dictionary definitions for point-to-point

point-to-point

noun

British
  1. a steeplechase organized by a recognized hunt or other body, usually restricted to amateurs riding horses that have been regularly used in hunting
  2. (as modifier)a point-to-point race

adjective

(of a route) from one place to the next
(of a radiocommunication link) from one point to another, rather than broadcast