chevaux-de-frise
- n defensive structure consisting of a movable obstacle composed of barbed wire or spikes attached to a wooden frame; used to obstruct cavalry
- n defensive structure consisting of a movable obstacle composed of barbed wire or spikes attached to a wooden frame; used to obstruct cavalry
- To this end he has also placed chevaux-de-frise (chains of sunken hulks studded with stakes just beneath the water line) between New Jersey and Fort Washington, just south of the .
- I've sipped champagne with them that was and them that was to be; with Belgian royalty and hours French and Alsation refugees; with Red Cross girls o'er chevaux-de-frise in .