abatis
名词 n.
英 /ˈæbətiː/|/ˈæbətiːz/
美 /ˈæbətəs/|/ˈæbətiː/|/ˈæbətiːz/
英文释义
名词 n.
- A means of defense formed by felled trees, or sometimes by bent trees, the ends of whose branches are sharpened and directed outwards, or against the enemy, and more recently fortified with barbed wire.
- In the Middle Ages, an officer of the stables who had the care of measuring out the provender; an avenor.
- In coal-mining, walls of cord-wood piled up crosswise to keep the underground roads open so as to secure ventilation.
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词源
From French abatis, abattis (“mass of things beaten or cut down”), from abattre. See abate.
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