NOUN
- defensive structure consisting of a movable obstacle composed of barbed wire or spikes attached to a wooden frame; used to obstruct cavalry
How To Use chevaux-de-frise In A Sentence
- Washington could see that these works had stout abattis and chevaux-de-frise and that from them, probably, a good view could be had both of the plain near the town and the inner fortifications. Washington
- The drygoods counter, especially when the attendant is of the gentler sex, is a kind of chevaux-de-frise. New York After Paris
