abatisn.

Brit.

/ˈabətɪs/, U.S.

/ˈæbəˌti/,

/ˈæbədəs/

Inflections: Plural abates, unchanged.

Forms:

α. 1700s–1800s abbatis, 1800s abattis, 1800s abbattis, 1800s– abatis.

β. Chiefly U.S. 1700s abbati, 1700s abbatie, 1700s abbattie, 1700s–1800s abatie, 1700s– abatti.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French abattis, abatis.

Etymology: < French abattis, †abatis artificial obstacle made of felled trees (c1680; earlier in Old French as abatëis in senses ‘place where trees have been felled’ (second half of the 12th cent.) and ‘action of killing’ (early 12th cent.)) < abatre abate v.¹ + -is (see palis n.).The β. forms reflect the pronunciation of the French etymon.

1. Military. A defensive barricade or entanglement constructed using sharpened stakes or felled trees positioned with their branches pointing towards the enemy to delay or repel attackers.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > barricade > [noun] > barrier of felled trees

abatis1758

1758 Jrnl. Campaign France (ed. 2) 50 The front was covered by a hollow way flanked with houses, in which loop-holes were made; and a little further advanced, was an abbatis of large trees felled for the purpose.

1779 A. Brehm Let. 27 July in Michigan Hist. Coll. (1886) IX. 421 Fort Erie has only partly got an abatie made round it.

1795 Ld. Nelson in Dispatches & Lett. (ed. 2) I. 380 The Seamen and Carpenters were all night employed in cutting down trees to form an abbatis.

1847 G. R. Gleig Battle of Waterloo 152 The riflemen attended to their own security by throwing an abattis across the chaussée.

1863 Life in the South II. 160 An abbatis still surrounded the stone bridge.

1933 K. Roberts Rabble in Arms (1996) lxiv. 545 He wheeled her [sc. his horse] and, passing between the breastworks and the abatis, set off toward us.

1994 Esprit de Corps (Ottawa) Aug. 30/1 The fort had been strengthened and now included a series of stone walls, log abatis and outlying defences and batteries.

2. A fence, hedge, or other barrier resembling such a barricade; (figurative) an obstruction, a cause of entanglement or delay.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > [noun] > one who or that which hinders > a hindrance, impediment, or obstacle

hinderc1200

withsetting1340

obstaclec1385

traversea1393

mara1400

bayc1440

stoppagec1450

barrace1480

blocka1500

objecta1500

clog1526

stumbling-stone1526

bar1530

(to cast) a trump in (one's) way1548

stumbling-stock1548

hindrance1576

a log in one's way1579

crossbar1582

log1589

rub1589

threshold1600

scotch1601

dam1602

remora1604

obex1611

obstructiona1616

stumbling-blocka1616

fence1639

affront1642

retardance1645

stick1645

balk1660

obstruent1669

blockade1683

sprun1684

spoke1689

cross cause1696

uncomplaisance1707

barrier1712

obstruct1747

dike1770

abatis1808

underbrush1888

bunker1900

bump1909

sprag1914

hurdle1924

headwind1927

mudhole1933

monkey wrench1937

roadblock1945

1808 in Amer. State Papers (1832) I. 385 There was a kind of abbattis or brush fence, between this land and the land of The Northwest Company.

1882 Pop. Sci. Monthly Dec. 184 The cells of the bark-tissue..weave themselves into intricate abatis, in which hostile insects become entangled by their feet.

1908 R. Pound in Illinois Law Rev. Nov. 232 The necessity of patient cutting away by the courts of an abatis of procedural obstacles in order to attack the substantive points before them.

1968 R. M. Patterson Finlay's River 288 One slip and you may be in the river, driven by the fierce current into the tangled abatis of dead, peeled snags.

2000 S. Heighton Shadow Boxer iii. iv. 325 An eerie abatis of blackened timber rises from the depths to the islet's banks.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	abatis
释义	abatisn. Brit. /ˈabətɪs/, U.S. /ˈæbəˌti/, /ˈæbədəs/ Inflections: Plural abates, unchanged. Forms: α. 1700s–1800s abbatis, 1800s abattis, 1800s abbattis, 1800s– abatis. β. Chiefly U.S. 1700s abbati, 1700s abbatie, 1700s abbattie, 1700s–1800s abatie, 1700s– abatti. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French abattis, abatis. Etymology: < French abattis, †abatis artificial obstacle made of felled trees (c1680; earlier in Old French as abatëis in senses ‘place where trees have been felled’ (second half of the 12th cent.) and ‘action of killing’ (early 12th cent.)) < abatre abate v.¹ + -is (see palis n.).The β. forms reflect the pronunciation of the French etymon. 1. Military. A defensive barricade or entanglement constructed using sharpened stakes or felled trees positioned with their branches pointing towards the enemy to delay or repel attackers. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > barricade > [noun] > barrier of felled trees abatis1758 1758 Jrnl. Campaign France (ed. 2) 50 The front was covered by a hollow way flanked with houses, in which loop-holes were made; and a little further advanced, was an abbatis of large trees felled for the purpose. 1779 A. Brehm Let. 27 July in Michigan Hist. Coll. (1886) IX. 421 Fort Erie has only partly got an abatie made round it. 1795 Ld. Nelson in Dispatches & Lett. (ed. 2) I. 380 The Seamen and Carpenters were all night employed in cutting down trees to form an abbatis. 1847 G. R. Gleig Battle of Waterloo 152 The riflemen attended to their own security by throwing an abattis across the chaussée. 1863 Life in the South II. 160 An abbatis still surrounded the stone bridge. 1933 K. Roberts Rabble in Arms (1996) lxiv. 545 He wheeled her [sc. his horse] and, passing between the breastworks and the abatis, set off toward us. 1994 Esprit de Corps (Ottawa) Aug. 30/1 The fort had been strengthened and now included a series of stone walls, log abatis and outlying defences and batteries. 2. A fence, hedge, or other barrier resembling such a barricade; (figurative) an obstruction, a cause of entanglement or delay. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > [noun] > one who or that which hinders > a hindrance, impediment, or obstacle hinderc1200 withsetting1340 obstaclec1385 traversea1393 mara1400 bayc1440 stoppagec1450 barrace1480 blocka1500 objecta1500 clog1526 stumbling-stone1526 bar1530 (to cast) a trump in (one's) way1548 stumbling-stock1548 hindrance1576 a log in one's way1579 crossbar1582 log1589 rub1589 threshold1600 scotch1601 dam1602 remora1604 obex1611 obstructiona1616 stumbling-blocka1616 fence1639 affront1642 retardance1645 stick1645 balk1660 obstruent1669 blockade1683 sprun1684 spoke1689 cross cause1696 uncomplaisance1707 barrier1712 obstruct1747 dike1770 abatis1808 underbrush1888 bunker1900 bump1909 sprag1914 hurdle1924 headwind1927 mudhole1933 monkey wrench1937 roadblock1945 1808 in Amer. State Papers (1832) I. 385 There was a kind of abbattis or brush fence, between this land and the land of The Northwest Company. 1882 Pop. Sci. Monthly Dec. 184 The cells of the bark-tissue..weave themselves into intricate abatis, in which hostile insects become entangled by their feet. 1908 R. Pound in Illinois Law Rev. Nov. 232 The necessity of patient cutting away by the courts of an abatis of procedural obstacles in order to attack the substantive points before them. 1968 R. M. Patterson Finlay's River 288 One slip and you may be in the river, driven by the fierce current into the tangled abatis of dead, peeled snags. 2000 S. Heighton Shadow Boxer iii. iv. 325 An eerie abatis of blackened timber rises from the depths to the islet's banks. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1758
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