
• (n. pl.) Wattles, or hurdles, made with stakes interwoven with osiers, to cover lodgments.
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Clayes noun plural [ French
claie hurdle.]
(Fort.) Wattles, or hurdles, made with stakes interwoven with osiers, to cover lodgments. [ Obsolete]
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In fortifications, clayes were formerly wattles, or hurdles, made with stakes interwoven with osiers, to cover lodgements.
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