cheval-de-frise

Noun

Meaning

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

Alternative names

cheval de frise

Synonyms

chevaux-de-frise bank sling barbican dike barrier fence enclosure curtain fortification catapult bastion escarpment barricade bulwark
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Antonyms

valley meadow shack attack headland advantage
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Hypernyms

defense defence defensive structure

Derivatives

chevaux-de-frise

Close letter words and terms

cheval glass cheval mirror cheval trap chevalet chevalier chevalier d'industrie