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- The cheval de frise (plural: chevaux de frise [ʃə.vo də fʁiz], "Frisian horses") was a defensive obstacle, existing in a number of forms, prin****lly...
- A caltrop (also known as caltrap, galtrop, cheval trap, galthrap, galtrap, calthrop, jackrock or crow's foot) is an area denial weapon made up of usually...
- Constitution Island in 1778, known as the Great Chain. A fourth, a cheval-de-frise started in 1776 between Plum Point on the east bank and Pollepel Island...
- ring of walls lies a defensive system of limestone spikes, known as a cheval de frise, planted in upright or slanting outwards positions in fissures of the...
- the ground, as well as notches for attaching barbed wire. Caltrop Cheval de frise, a portable frame covered with many long iron or wooden spikes used...
- used a number of obstacle types including abatis, caltrops, cheval de frise, and trou de loup. Trebuchet Cannon Mangonel Ballista Catapult Medieval warfare...
- Fire, a horse that ran in the 2009 Kentucky Derby Frisian horse or cheval de frise, a type of military barrier Frisian School, a school of philosophy...
- Butter-churn tower Caer Castle Chamber gate Chartaque Chashi Chemin de ronde Chemise Cheval de frise Citadel Coercion castle Concentric castle Corner tower Counter-castle...
- stakes were lashed in pairs at intervals along a log or beam to form a Cheval de frise.[1] This could be used, for example, as a moveable barrier to bar a...
- In medieval fortification, a trou de loup (French: [tʁu d(ə) lu], lit. 'wolf hole'; plural trous de loup, also commonly referred to as a tiger pit in...