The cheval de frise (plural: chevaux de frise [ʃə.vo də fʁiz], "Frisian horses") was a defensive obstacle, existing in a number of forms, principally...

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...

the inside are the ruins of clocháns. There is also evidence of a cheval de frise protecting the entrance. Its age is unknown. 53°6′16.40″N 9°41′15.25″W...

third ring of walls lies a defensive system of stone slabs, known as a cheval de frise, planted in an upright position in the ground and still largely well-preserved...

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...

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...

tower Caer Caltrop Castle Chamber gate Chartaque Chashi Chemin de ronde Chemise Cheval de frise Citadel Coercion castle Concentric castle Corner tower Counter-castle...

vulnerable to cavalry. Some skirmishers had a minor sapper role by placing cheval de frise to deter cavalry. A skirmish force screening the main body of infantry...

fort under the supervision of Rufus Putnam. They first prepared a cheval de frise to prevent British ships from sailing up the Hudson and outflanking...

to attack the fortified camp. The Swedes managed to get past the "Cheval de frise" and break through, but were then rapidly repulsed and routed after...

the prisoners' camp. Between the zone and the wall was a trip wire, cheval de frise, barbed-wire obstacles, an electrified barbed-wire fence, and a sentry...

Ministry of Internal Affairs. In 1504, defensive obstacles called cheval de frise were installed in Moscow, under which guards drawn from the local population...

compare Old Fr. and modern Fr. cerise chess, Old Fr. esches chestnut cheval de frise cheval glass chevalier chevauchée chevron Cheyenne, Fr. Cheyenne, from...

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...

chamberlain chamois charabanc Charlemagne Charles charlotte chemise cheval de frise chic chicane chicanery chiffon chiffonade chiffonier choice claque...

stakes were lashed in pairs at intervals along a log or beam to form a Cheval de frise.[1] This could be used, for example, as a moveable barrier to bar a...

blocking knife cart Modern reconstruction of the gate blocking knife cart Cheval de frise Hoof grasper and iron waterchestnuts Deerhorn wood, earth stopper,...

breached, they could either place obstacles in the breach, for example a cheval de frise to hinder a forlorn hope, or construct a coupure. The great concentric...

Guimaraens Igual, Guillermo (2007). El último hálito de la fortificación abalartuada. El fuerte de San Julián de Cartagena (1) (doctoral thesis). Technical University...

"Spanish rider" is a modern wire obstacle functionally similar to the cheval de frise, and sometimes called that. Triple concertina wire fence. A complex...

deep embrasures with arrowslits are to be seen at Aigues-Mortes and Château de Coucy, both in France. With the introduction of firearms, the term embrasure...

tower Caer Caltrop Castle Chamber gate Chartaque Chashi Chemin de ronde Chemise Cheval de frise Citadel Coercion castle Concentric castle Corner tower Counter-castle...

siege towers. Later, this term could cover mobile barriers like the cheval de frise. It was probably just an adaptation of the German term "wagenburg"...

tower Caer Caltrop Castle Chamber gate Chartaque Chashi Chemin de ronde Chemise Cheval de frise Citadel Coercion castle Concentric castle Corner tower Counter-castle...

difficulty passing them in the last months of the war.[citation needed] Cheval de frise Czech hedgehog Dragon's teeth "Cointet–Elements Antwerp". www.tracesofwar...

platform Flails and sword Maces Maces Assorted pole weapons Mining tools Cheval de frise Hoof grasper and iron waterchestnuts Deerhorn wood, earth stopper,...

(Ἐπιτήδευμα) or 'Invention' is Urbicius’ own design for a type of portable cheval de frise. The attribution to Urbicius of a third work, the so-called ‘Cynegeticus’...

which were used in conjunction with the many river obstructions, Cheval de frise, that were also developed for use in the Delaware River. The designs...

to the barriers once used to defend against attack by cavalry (see cheval de frise). The turnpike consisted of a row of pikes or bars, each sharpened...