1) French word used in English
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• (n.) A piece of timber or an iron barrel traversed with iron-pointed spikes or spears, five or six feet long, used to defend a passage, stop a breach, or impede the advance of cavalry, etc.
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Portable barrier of sword blades used to block breaches. Could also be made of stake- or sword studded beams.
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Che·val'-de-frise' noun ; commonly used in the
plural Chevaux-de- frise . [ F.;
cheval horse +
Frise Friesland, where it was first used.]
(Mil.) A piece of timber or an iron barrel traversed with iron-pointed spikes or spears, five or six feet long, used to de...
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The Cheval de Frise (horse of Friesland) was the fore-runner of barbed wire entanglements used in warfare. It was a fortification comprised of timber pierced and traversed with wooden spikes pointed with iron five or six feet long and used for stopping a breach, defending a passage or making entrenchments to stop cavalry. They were first used by th...
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[
n] - defensive structure consisting of a movable obstacle composed of barbed wire or spikes attached to a wooden frame
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chevaux-de-frise noun defensive structure consisting of a movable obstacle composed of barbed wire or spikes attached to a wooden frame; used to obstruct cavalry
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a portable obstacle, usually a sawhorse, covered with projecting spikes or barbed wire, for military use in closing a passage, breaking in a defensive wall, etc.
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