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