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abatis

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ab·a·tis  (b-t, -ts)
n. pl. ab·a·tis (-tz) or ab·a·tis·es (-t-sz)
A defensive obstacle made by laying felled trees on top of each other with branches, sometimes sharpened, facing the enemy.

[French, pile of things thrown down, from Old French abateis; akin to abattre, to throw down; see abate.]
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Noun1.abatisabatis - a line of defense consisting of a barrier of felled or live trees with branches (sharpened or with barbed wire entwined) pointed toward the enemy
line of defence, line of defense - defensive structure consisting of a barrier that can be employed for defense against attack

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Lieutenant Charpentier ordered a clearing made and a circular abatis of underbrush constructed about the camp.
The besieged had drawn together a pile of black logs and branches of trees, which they had formed into a chevaux-de- frise, making a little circular abatis in front of the entrance to the cave.
 
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