abatis , auch: abattis

They came through the fallen abatis and over the crest.

New abatis were built and the stone wall was strengthened yet further.

Of the three possible valleys he could follow, two were blocked by abatis.

Some time was spent in making an opening in the abatis.

This line of pickets formed what the military called an abatis.

The abatis was finished, and he cantered forward for a final look at it.

Hampton did not order any guns to be brought forward to destroy the abatis.

In 1638 there was a major rebuilding of the Abatis Line.

Panic seized the defenders of the abatis and the reserves.

Rick came to the ditch and abatis of the Redoubt.

It was fronted by a deep, broad ditch and abatis.

And they had significant difficulty pushing through the strong Osage-orange abatis.

The width of the abatis mounts up to several hundred meters.

The abatis in front of the French proved useless.

He reached up and grabbed an impaling stake from the abatis.

Macurdy had never seen or heard of an abatis before.

Abatis is a military term for a field fortification made by cutting down trees.

Quite a few were shot coming up, and more were piked trying to get through the abatis.

Abatis are used alone or in combination with wire entanglements and other obstacles.

However, the attack stalled under heavy fire from Federals concealed behind the abatis.

The attack was met with intense Confederate fire and stalled after reaching a line of abatis.

Abatis is rarely seen nowadays, having been largely replaced by wire obstacles.

Any conscientious West Pointer who could read knew what an abatis was.

An important advantage is that an improvised abatis can be quickly formed in forested areas.

Rifle volleys from behind abatis caused the Confederates to stop for the night.