Noun: puissance pyoo-i-sun(t)s or pwi-sun(t)s
- High-jump competition in the equestrian sport of show jumping including jumps over a number of single large obstacles
"The horse and rider cleared the highest fence in the puissance competition"
- [archaic] Power to influence or coerce
"the puissance of the labour vote"
Derived forms: puissances
Type of: power, powerfulness
Encyclopedia: Puissance