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- The cheval de frise (/ʃəˈvɑːl də ˈfriːz/, plural chevaux de frise /ʃəˈvoʊ də ˈfriːz/; French pronunciation: [ʃə.val də fʁiz], plural [ʃə.vo də fʁiz],...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- "Spanish rider" is a modern wire obstacle functionally similar to the cheval de frise, and sometimes called that. Triple concertina wire fence. A complex...
- 1776 during the American Revolutionary War he designed an underwater cheval-de-frise that was installed across the Hudson River at the north end of Manhattan...
- 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...
- difficulty p****ing them in the last months of the war.[citation needed] Cheval de frise Czech hedgehog Dragon's teeth "Cointet–Elements Antwerp". www.tracesofwar...
- 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...
- used a number of obstacle types including abatis, caltrops, cheval de frise, and trou de loup. Trebuchet Cannon Mangonel Ballista Catapult Medieval warfare...