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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abatis \Ab"a*tis\, Abattis \Aba"t*tis\, ([a^]b"[.a]*t[i^]s;
French [.a]`b[.a]`t[=e]") n. [F. abatis, abattis, mass of
things beaten or cut down fr abattre See {Abate}.] (Fort.)
A means of defense formed by felled trees, the ends of whose
branches are sharpened and directed outwards, or against the
enemy.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
abattis
n : a barrier of felled or live trees with branches (sharpened
or with barbed wire entwined) toward the enemy [syn: {abatis}]
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