单词 | cheval-de-frise |
释义 | cheval-de-frise (once / 492472 pages) n WORD FAMILY cheval-de-frise USAGE EXAMPLESBut the greatest cause of delay was the windfall, pines and spruce of enormous girth pitched down by landslide and storm into an impassable cheval-de-frise. Laut, A. C., The Story of the Trapper(2010) There is a low wall there, and a cheval-de-frise on the top of it. Henty, G. A. (George Alfred), With Frederick the Great—A Story o...(2010) A cheval-de-frise consists of a horizontal piece of timber armed with wooden or iron lances, which project some eight or ten feet. Halleck, Henry Wager, Elements of Military Art and Scienc...(2010) n defensive structure consisting of a movable obstacle composed of barbed wire or spikes attached to a wooden frame; used to obstruct cavalry Syn|Hyper chevaux-de-frise defence, defense, defensive structure a structure used to defend against attack |
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