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- noun Plural form of
cheval de frise .
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chained_bear commented on the word chevaux de frise
Plural (singular is cheval de frise). A defensive appliance of war, employed chiefly to check cavalry charges, and stop breaches.
Usage: 1708 KERSEY, "Chevaux de Frise are large Joists, or pieces of Timber, Ten or Twelve Foot in length, with Six Sides into which are driven a great Number of wooden Pins aboue Six Foot long, crossing one another, and having their Ends armed with Iron-Points."
February 6, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word chevaux de frise
See also chevaux-de-frise, cheval-de-frise.
October 9, 2008