"abatis" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈæbətiː/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈæbətiːz/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈæbətəs/ [General-American], /ˈæbətiː/ [General-American], /ˈæbətiːz/ [General-American] Audio: en-ca-abatis.ogg [Canada] Forms: abatis [plural], abatises [plural]
Etymology: From French abatis, abattis (“mass of things beaten or cut down”), from abattre. See abate. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|abatis}} French abatis, {{m|fr|abattis|t=mass of things beaten or cut down}} abattis (“mass of things beaten or cut down”), {{m|fr|abattre}} abattre, {{m|en|abate}} abate Head templates: {{en-noun|abatis|+}} abatis (plural abatis or abatises)
  1. A means of defense formed by felled trees, or sometimes by bent trees, the ends of whose branches are sharpened and directed outwards, or against the enemy, and more recently fortified with barbed wire. Translations (means of defense): حِظَار (ḥiẓār) [masculine] (Arabic), 鹿砦 (Chinese Mandarin), 鹿寨 (lùzhài) (Chinese Mandarin), forhugning [common-gender] (Danish), verhakking [masculine] (Dutch), prikkeldraadversperring [masculine] (Dutch), abatiso (Esperanto), murros (Finnish), rytövarustus (Finnish), Verhau [masculine, neuter] (German), Baumverhau [masculine, neuter] (German), abatajaro (Ido), leagarnach (Irish), abbattuta (Italian), 鹿砦 (rokusai) (alt: ろくさい) (Japanese), 逆茂木 (sakamogi) (alt: さかもぎ) (Japanese), concaedēs (Latin), forhugning [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), zasiek [masculine] (Polish), abatis [masculine] (Portuguese), abatiză [feminine] (Romanian), засе́ка (zaséka) [feminine] (Russian), förhuggning [common-gender] (Swedish), hinder [neuter] (Swedish), மரக்கிளை அரண் (marakkiḷai araṇ) (Tamil)
    Sense id: en-abatis-en-noun-guu5wsrK Disambiguation of 'means of defense': 82 11 6
  2. (historical) In the Middle Ages, an officer of the stables who had the care of measuring out the provender; an avenor. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Buildings and structures, Military, Timber industry
    Sense id: en-abatis-en-noun-d1Kjfb1x Disambiguation of Buildings and structures: 16 59 25 Disambiguation of Military: 26 45 29 Disambiguation of Timber industry: 14 54 33 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 62 20 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 21 58 20
  3. In coal-mining, walls of cord-wood piled up crosswise to keep the underground roads open so as to secure ventilation. Categories (topical): Mining
    Sense id: en-abatis-en-noun-6MMQTtON Disambiguation of Mining: 13 38 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: abattis Derived forms: abatised

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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zaséka",
      "sense": "means of defense",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "засе́ка"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "means of defense",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "förhuggning"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "means of defense",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "hinder"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "marakkiḷai araṇ",
      "sense": "means of defense",
      "word": "மரக்கிளை அரண்"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "abatis"
  ],
  "word": "abatis"
}

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