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cheval-de-frise
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cheval-de-frise, n. [F.; cheval horse + Frise Friesland, where it was first used.].
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. [1913 Webster]
"Obstructions of chain, boom, and cheval-de-frise." [1913 Webster]
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