Definitionn. a line of defense consisting of a barrier of felled or live trees with branches
Last update: September 23, 2015
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From the fuss it was apparent that the abattis and earthwork had succumbed. [Please select]
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There were lines of breastworks and before them an abattis. [Please select]
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It was a long abattis, and behind the abattis long, well-builded breastworks. [Please select]
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They were cutting down the young spring growth; they were making an abattis. [Please select]
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Before it was an abattis of sharply-pointed bamboos, the road being so narrow that it was impossible to deploy the whole strength of the column. [Please select]
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Lying flat, chin on hand, he watched a regiment storm and take a thick abattis--felled trees filled with sharpshooters--masking a hastily thrown up earthwork. [Please select]
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