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...

and used through war's end in 1782. Two other barriers across the river, referred to as chevaux-de-frise, were undertaken by the Colonials; the first,...

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 gateway. Alternatively, three...

that ran in the 2009 Kentucky Derby Frisian horse or cheval de frise, a type of military barrier Frisian School, a school of philosophy based on the works...

the colonies. Erskine designed a tetrahedron-shaped marine cheval-de-frise, a defensive barrier of pointed logs strung together abreast the river to prevent...

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...

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

also as 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...

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...

permanent barriers, purpose-built obstacles became standard. The most common types were Czech hedgehogs (Panzersperre) or cheval de frise (Stahligel...

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

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...

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

to control access to the road, to the barriers once used to defend against attack by cavalry (see cheval de frise). The turnpike consisted of a row of...

de Sicco van Goslinga, publiés par mm. U. A. Evertsz et G. H. M. Delprat, au nom de la Société d’histoire, d’archéologie et de linquistique de Frise,...

The Porte d'Eich (de) and Porte des Bons-Malades (de) gate towers on the Vauban-designed fortified pedestrian bridge, Béinchen (de) (built 1864–1865)...

(Stephen Langton, Thomas Robert Fitzwalter by Frederick Thrupp and Sieur de Quincy by James Westmacott) have been restored and are displayed in The Beaney...

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

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