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Definition of: cheval-de-frise

(shə·valdə·frēz) noun plural che·vaux-de-frise (shə·vō-)
1. A portable obstacle of barbed wire supported on a saw-horse construction.
2. Formerly, an obstacle or obstruction of projecting spikes, used to hinder the progress of cavalry. [<F, lit., horse of Friesland; because first used by the Frisians]

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