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abatis Milit.|ˈæbətɪs|
Also abattis, abbatis, abbattis.
[a. Fr. abatis mass of things thrown down:—OFr. abateïs:—late L. *abatetīci-us arising from throwing down; cf. vb. abatre. See abate.]
A defence constructed by placing felled trees lengthwise one over the other with their branches towards the enemy's line, and piling them up until a shelter for workmen is obtained.
1766Smollett Hist. Eng. (1828) II. 391 The ground before it [was] covered with an abbatis, or felled trees, with their boughs pointing outwards, and projecting in such a manner as to render the intrenchment almost inaccessible. 1795Nelson in Nicolas's Dispatches (ed. 2) I. 380 The Seamen and Carpenters were all night employed in cutting down trees to form an abbatis. 1810Wellington in J. Gurwood Desp. VI. 504 The first is loop-holed and there is an Abbatis in its front. 1847G. R. Gleig Battle of Waterloo 152 The riflemen attended to their own security by throwing an abattis across the chaussée. 1863Life in the South II. 160 An abbatis still surrounded the stone bridge. 1865Morning Star Mar. 30 At about twenty paces in front of this earthwork is what is termed the abatis. |