abatis
Kelime Anlamı :
1. dikenli tel engeli.
2. ağaç barikat.
3. AĞAÇ ENGELİ: Kesilmiş, devrilmiş veya küçük boy ağaçları ya da aşağıya doğru eğilmiş dalları, çok kez dikenli telle birbirine bağlayarak yapılan engel. Ayrıca bakınız: "dead abatis", "live abatis.
4. barikat (ağaç).
Tanımlar :
1.
A defensive obstacle made by laying felled trees on top of each other with branches, sometimes sharpened, facing the enemy.
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
1.
A means of defense formed by felled trees, the ends of whose branches are sharpened and directed outwards, or against the enemy.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
1.
in the middle ages, an officer of the stables who had the care of measuring out the provender; an avenor.
2. in fortification, a barricade made of felled trees denuded of their smaller branches, with the butt-ends of the trunks embedded in the earth or secured by pickets, and the sharpened ends of the branches directed upward and outward toward an advancing enemy, for the purpose of obstructing his progress.
3. in coal-mining, walls of cord-wood piled up crosswise to keep the underground roads open so as to secure ventilation.
2. in fortification, a barricade made of felled trees denuded of their smaller branches, with the butt-ends of the trunks embedded in the earth or secured by pickets, and the sharpened ends of the branches directed upward and outward toward an advancing enemy, for the purpose of obstructing his progress.
3. in coal-mining, walls of cord-wood piled up crosswise to keep the underground roads open so as to secure ventilation.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia