cheval-de-frise
noun
che·val-de-frise
shə-ˌval-də-ˈfrēz
plural chevaux-de-frise
shə-ˌvō-də-ˈfrēz
1
: a defense consisting typically of a timber or an iron barrel covered with projecting spikes and often strung with barbed wire
2
: a protecting line (as of spikes) on top of a wall
—usually used in plural
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