cheval-de-frise - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'cheval-de-frise' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Cheval-de-frise

[ n.]

- A piece of timber or an iron barrel traversed with iron-pointed spikes or spears, five or six feet long, used to defend a passage, stop a breach, or impede the advance of cavalry, etc.

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