Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Milit., a plank or beam armed with spikes or nails to prevent or retard the advance of an enemy.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Fort.) A beam with projecting spikes, used to make a breach impassable.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun fortification A
beam with projectingspikes , used to make abreach impassable .
Etymologies
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French, from herse a harrow.
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