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cheval-de-frise

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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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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cheval de frise

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