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Abatis

Abatis Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Abatis? [n] line of defense consisting of a barrier of felled or live trees with branches (sharpened or with barbed wire entwined) toward the enemy Synonyms \| Synonyms for Abatis: abattis Related Terms \| Find terms related to Abatis: advanced work \| balistraria \| bank \| banquette \| barbed-wire entanglement \| barbican \| barricade \| barrier \| bartizan \| bastion \| battlement \| breastwork \| bulwark \| casemate \| cheval-de-frise \| circumvallation \| contravallation \| counterscarp \| curtain \| demibastion \| dike \| drawbridge \| earthwork \| enclosure \| entanglement \| escarp \| escarpment \| fence \| fieldwork \| fortalice \| fortification \| glacis \| loophole \| lunette \| machicolation \| mantelet \| merlon \| mound \| outwork \| palisade \| parados \| parapet \| portcullis \| postern gate \| rampart \| ravelin \| redan \| redoubt \| sally port \| scarp \| sconce \| stockade \| tenaille \| vallation \| vallum \| work See Also \| line of defence \| line of defense Abatis In Webster's Dictionary \Ab"atis\, Abattis \Aba"ttis\, ([a^]b"[.a]*t[i^]s; French [.a]`b[.a]`t[=e]") n. [F. abatis, abattis, mass of things beaten or cut down, fr. abattre. See {Abate}.] (Fort.) A means of defense formed by felled trees, the ends of whose branches are sharpened and directed outwards, or against the enemy.

Abatis Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Abatis?

[n] line of defense consisting of a barrier of felled or live trees with branches (sharpened or with barbed wire entwined) toward the enemy

Synonyms | Synonyms for Abatis: abattis

See Also | line of defence | line of defense

Abatis In Webster's Dictionary

\Ab"a*tis\, Abattis \Aba"t*tis\, ([a^]b"[.a]*t[i^]s;
French [.a]`b[.a]`t[=e]") n. [F. abatis, abattis, mass of
things beaten or cut down, fr. abattre. See {Abate}.] (Fort.)
A means of defense formed by felled trees, the ends of whose
branches are sharpened and directed outwards, or against the
enemy.

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