| 单词 | cheval-de-frise |
| 例句 | At South-west Harbor the visitor is usually desirous of inspecting the sea-wall, or cheval-de-frise of shattered rock, that skirts the shore less than three miles distant from the steamboat landing. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z On one occasion after Hall, I was flown with such insolence against college restrictions that the cheval-de-frise above the back gate seemed an affront to a freeborn American. An American at Oxford 2011-12-02T03:00:19.150Z But the greatest cause of delay was the windfall, pines and spruce of enormous girth pitched down by landslide and storm into an impassable cheval-de-frise. The Story of the Trapper After traversing this gloomy avenue for about four miles, the first symptoms of war met our eyes in the shape of a dead horse, whose ribs glared like a cheval-de-frise from a tumulus of mud. Before and after Waterloo Letters from Edward Stanley, sometime Bishop of Norwich (1802; 1814; 1816) There is a low wall there, and a cheval-de-frise on the top of it. With Frederick the Great A Story of the Seven Years' War A cheval-de-frise consists of a horizontal piece of timber armed with wooden or iron lances, which project some eight or ten feet. Elements of Military Art and Science Or, Course Of Instruction In Strategy, Fortification, Tactics Of Battles, &C.; Embracing The Duties Of Staff, Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery, And Engineers; Adapted To The Use Of Volunteers And Militia; Third Edition; With Critical Notes On The Mexican And Crimean Wars. He looked again and saw a great h�tel, surrounded by a high wall, along the top of which, ran a cheval-de-frise. The Grey Cloak During the floods, however, this cheval-de-frise of boulders must all be under water, and probably impassable. Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2 These must be sharpened, and as the walls are built, fixed among the stones so as to make a cheval-de-frise. Won By the Sword : a tale of the Thirty Years' War It was only when the H�tel de P�rigny loomed before him, with its bleak walls and sinister cheval-de-frise, that his sense of locality revived. The Grey Cloak When, however, the latter reached the great cheval-de-frise, formed by felled trees, in front of the intrenchments, they could make no further progress, so heavy was the fire maintained by the enemy. Won By the Sword : a tale of the Thirty Years' War A high wall inclosed it, and on the top of this wall ran a miniature cheval-de-frise of iron. The Grey Cloak |
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