advanced work, barbican, battlement, circumvallation, dike, escarp, fortification, mantelet, parados, ravelin, sconce, work
Definitionn. a line of defense consisting of a barrier of felled or live trees with branches
Last update: September 13, 2015
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A steep slope, vineyards, low stone walls and abatis had all to be surmounted, under a galling fire from the Bavarian musketeers, before the Army of France found itself, breathless and in disorder, in front of the actual entrenchments of the crest. [Please select]
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Intrenchments, field-works, and abatis, with felled trees, lay to landward. [Please select]
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The entire side of this ravine next to the works was one long abatis. [Please select]
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He also carried in and made an abatis between himself and the enemy. [Please select]
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New abatis were built and the stone wall was strengthened yet further. [Please select]
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It has dug no trenches, built no earthworks, thrown up no abatis. [Please select]
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Lieutenant Charpentier ordered a clearing made and a circular abatis of underbrush constructed about the camp. [Please select]
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