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Cheval-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. Synonym: chevaux-de-frise.

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"Cheval-de-frise" Quotes from Famous Books

... with communications couched in the style of the oration against Catiline, demanding to know how long the supine Lawrenceville boy would bear in silence the return of his shirt with added entrances and exits, and collars that enclosed the neck with a cheval-de-frise. ...

— The Varmint • Owen Johnson

... minutes after the explosion General Ledlie's Corps advanced in line. The cheval-de-frise was destroyed for fifty yards. Soon after General Wilcox's Corps came in line and bore to Ledlie's left. Then Potter's Corps followed by flanks and was ordered to ...

— History of Kershaw's Brigade • D. Augustus Dickert

Words linked to "Cheval-de-frise" : defense, defence, defensive structure