CHEVAL-DE-FRISE


Meaning of CHEVAL-DE-FRISE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ shə-ˌval-də-ˈfrēz ]

noun

( plural che·vaux-de-frise shə-ˌvō-)

Etymology: French, literally, horse from Friesland

Date: 1668

1. : a defense consisting typically of a timber or an iron barrel covered with projecting spikes and often strung with barbed wire

2. : a protecting line (as of spikes) on top of a wall — usually used in plural

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.