cheval-de-frise: Meaning and Definition of

che•val-de-frise

Pronunciation: (shu-val'du-frēz'), [key]

— pl. che•vaux-de-frise

a portable obstacle, usually a sawhorse, covered with projecting spikes or barbed wire, for military use in closing a passage, breaking in a defensive wall, etc.

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