Usually means: Spiked barrier against cavalry charges.
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We found 18 dictionaries that define the word Cheval-de-frise:

General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. cheval-de-frise: Merriam-Webster
  2. cheval-de-frise: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. cheval-de-frise: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. cheval-de-frise, cheval-de-frise: Collins English Dictionary
  5. cheval-de-frise: Vocabulary.com
  6. cheval-de-frise: Wordnik
  7. cheval-de-frise: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. cheval-de-frise: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. Cheval-de-frise, cheval-de-frise: Dictionary.com
  10. Cheval-de-frise: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. cheval-de-frise: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  12. cheval-de-frise: Rhymezone
  13. Cheval-de-frise: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. cheval-de-frise: FreeDictionary.org
  15. cheval-de-frise: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. cheval-de-frise: TheFreeDictionary.com

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. cheval-de-frise: A Word A Day
  2. cheval-de-frise: Wordcraft Dictionary

(Note: See chevaux-de-frise as well.)

Definitions from WordNet (cheval-de-frise)

noun:  defensive structure consisting of a movable obstacle composed of barbed wire or spikes attached to a wooden frame; used to obstruct cavalry


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