| 单词 | chevaux-de-frise |
| 例句 | Then he made a rough circular wall around the camp enclosure, using rails and sleepers and a number of trucks, defending the whole circuit with a chevaux-de-frise made of branches lopped from the neighbouring woods. Swift and Sure 2012-03-16T02:00:24.627Z Though armed with formidable chevaux-de-frise, these species are stingless, and the caterpillars may be safely gathered. Eye Spy Afield with Nature Among Flowers and Animate Things 2012-02-24T03:00:23.760Z Arrived here, the fugitives must ascend the counterscarp, and cross the chevaux-de-frise with which it was furnished. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z With the facility of politicians they can hide behind phrases, make barricades of statistics, and chevaux-de-frise of inferences and assertions. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:52.627Z The ramparts consist of strong pickets, sixteen or seventeen feet high, squared, and placed close to each other, and surmounted by a chevaux-de-frise. Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII 2012-02-08T03:00:17.410Z All along the sides of the path, huge thorns peculiar to the island were stuck into the ground, with points uppermost, like chevaux-de-frise, sufficient to impale the assailant who ventured by night. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume III (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:10.207Z Abatis, chevaux-de-frise, and wire entanglements were placed where thought to be advantageous for the defenders. From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America 2011-12-28T03:00:39.977Z On the right is a recessed window, through which the top of an old grey wall with chevaux-de-frise and foliage above can be seen. The Brass Bottle A Farcical Fantastic Play in Four Acts 2011-10-11T02:01:04.737Z No creature without a long proboscis or bill could penetrate the chevaux-de-frise of stamens, and to reach the honey the hummingbirds had to probe to their eyes. Jungle Peace 2011-10-06T02:00:42.363Z Beyond this barrier, as Davy looked, he saw, first, the wagon road which ran between this chevaux-de-frise and the palisades or pickets of the fort beyond. Old Trails on the Niagara Frontier 2011-08-06T02:00:04.917Z Lynborough edged near to the barricaded gate—a new padlock and new chevaux-de-frise of prickly branches guarded it. Helena's Path 2011-07-29T02:00:22.607Z I asked how she had got in, as the whole chevaux-de-frise barricado of chairs was still standing fast at the door. The Campaner Thal and Other Writings 2011-04-26T02:00:29.827Z He who had wandered far and wide; who had tracked Comanches on the war-path; had struck his sword against a chevaux-de-frise of Mexican bayonets, to be mocked after such fantastic fashion, and by such fellows! The Child Wife 2011-04-21T02:00:50.050Z Such a chevaux-de-frise would defend a trench against the most courageous regiment. Jungle Peace 2011-10-06T02:00:42.363Z The men in the pass twisted the pine-boughs and snagged the trunks to form a rough chevaux-de-frise. The Plowshare and the Sword A Tale of Old Quebec 2011-02-24T03:01:05.143Z With this I could have brought her up on open ground, but we were running up a narrow lane, and on each side was a treble row of magueys, forming a most fearful-looking chevaux-de-frise! The Guerilla Chief And other Tales 2011-02-10T03:00:53.627Z The chevaux-de-frise set up across the pathways to knowledge were numerous and most forbidding. Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z He assisted in devising plans for obstructing the channel of the Delaware River, and the chevaux-de-frise, as they were called, which were placed in the water were largely of his design. The True Benjamin Franklin The view from the barred windows of the uppermost rooms was cut off by the higher line of the wall topped with its chevaux-de-frise. In Jail with Charles Dickens This bridge is of wood, and is supported by twenty-six stone columns, on account of which, they have placed a chevaux-de-frise, to keep off the ice in the river about one hundred yards off.... Alida or, Miscellaneous Sketches of Incidents During the Late American War. Founded on Fact Four ships, chained and boomed, with a number of amazing large chevaux-de-frise, were sunk close by the fort under command of General Mifflin, which fort mounts thirty-two pieces of heavy cannon. The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools They spread their quills wide, and run backwards very fast, thus presenting a chevaux-de-frise anything but agreeable. Sporting Scenes amongst the Kaffirs of South Africa Double rows of iron hurdles, surmounted by chevaux-de-frise, have been placed by these magnanimous dignitaries across the aisles of the Cathedral. Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) Here you might hear the roar of the great babel without; and from the same point see one or two of its churches aspiring above the ‘chevaux-de-frise’ of the prison walls. In Jail with Charles Dickens Above this aqueduct, which is also protected by a chevaux-de-frise, there is a common wooden bridge thrown over the river, for wagons. Alida or, Miscellaneous Sketches of Incidents During the Late American War. Founded on Fact Four galleys, mounted with heavy guns and swivels, were stationed at the chevaux-de-frise, and two new ships were at hand, which, filled with stones, were to be sunk where they would block up the channel. The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools In moving into position the place was found to be well protected by a heavy abatis and chevaux-de-frise, from point to point, above and below the fortress. Uncle Daniel's Story Of "Tom" Anderson And Twenty Great Battles And with that I was pitched off my feet again as the hook caught in an iron chevaux-de-frise, and held fast. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) It was enclosed by a wall thirty-five feet high, garnished with the usual chevaux-de-frise, and was entered through a stone lodge three stories in height. In Jail with Charles Dickens Their progress was obstructed by chevaux-de-frise and other impediments. History of the Rise of the Huguenots Volume 2 On the capture of the forts, the American frigates and galleys stationed for the protection of the chevaux-de-frise slipped their cables, made all sail, and endeavored to escape up the river. The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools Tops of trees showed over the high garden wall, and the wall was protected by chevaux-de-frise. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 4 (of 25) From his window he commanded a cheerful view of a tall, mouldering wall, once part of the Abbey boundaries, surmounted by chevaux-de-frise, above whose rust-attenuated spikes some plane trees stretched their yellowing branches. The Brass Bottle But now, when he came to look at it, he found that Marion Fay was environed with fortifications and a chevaux-de-frise of difficulties which were apparently impregnable. Marion Fay Here was a seemingly interminable row of muskets piled in sheaves, a perfect chevaux-de-frise, some hundred yards of burnished barrels and bayonets glancing in the fire-light. Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 365, March, 1846 They forced their way through the lower line of chevaux-de-frise; but the Augusta and Merlin ran aground below the second line, and every effort to get them off proved fruitless. The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools He possessed great collections, which he kept in the house beside him; and it was to protect these that he had fitted the place with steel shutters, elaborate fastenings, and chevaux-de-frise along the garden wall. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 4 (of 25) He then began building Fonthill Abbey, shrouding his proceedings in the greatest mystery and surrounding his estate with a wall twelve feet high and seven miles long, guarded by chevaux-de-frise to keep out intruders. England, Picturesque and Descriptive A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel The barbed-wire chevaux-de-frise are often covered by snow in a night and have to be renewed. The Story of the Great War, Volume V (of 8) Battle of Jutland Bank; Russian Offensive; Kut-El-Amara; East Africa; Verdun; The Great Somme Drive; United States and Belligerents; Summary of Two Years' War A small cannon and a miniature ship were placed below the music gallery, while above them was a semicircle of cutlasses and a chevaux-de-frise of glistening spears behind which were the musicians. As I Remember Recollections of American Society during the Nineteenth Century The works at Billingsport had been attacked and destroyed, and some of the enemy's ships had forced their way through the chevaux-de-frise placed there. The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools On the landward side were heavy earthworks, abatis, and sharp pointed chevaux-de-frise. The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 Still I determined to persevere, and ordering some of the trees round us to be cut down, formed a rude species of chevaux-de-frise in front of our trench. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 347, September, 1844 Also a fine "picture" was missed at the 13th tee, where Mr. Tanquery McBrail was surrounded by a militant suffragist, who had invaded the course in spite of the rabbit-wire and double chevaux-de-frise. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, July 15, 1914 Along the summit of these walls had been planted rows of the cactus, that threw out huge, thorny limbs, forming an impassable chevaux-de-frise. The Scalp Hunters We are preparing chevaux-de-frise, at which we make great despatch by the help of ships, which are to be sunk. The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools The plants were of luxuriant growth, eight or ten feet high, and placed alternately, so that their huge hooked blades interlocked with each other, forming a natural chevaux-de-frise. The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse In they dashed, into the very heart of my chevaux-de-frise. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 347, September, 1844 At the principal gate two guns were put in position, with a chevaux-de-frise on the inside; and a little behind, but bearing on the same point, were two others. Our Soldiers Gallant Deeds of the British Army during Victoria's Reign In front of Colonel Haskins's position, on the north side of the town, the chevaux-de-frise was constructed with the two thousand pikes which were captured at Cumberland Gap early in the fall. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 105, July 1866 It was hoped, by the co-operation of these opposite forts and the chevaux-de-frise, to command the Hudson, and prevent the passing and repassing of hostile ships. The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools There were other ships up the river, and there were the chevaux-de-frise which the patriots had constructed to keep the enemy out, and which would now be a hindrance to the boys. The Liberty Boys Running the Blockade or, Getting Out of New York Many of the ladies were Will Wyatt's "easy goers;" ever tolerant, genial and genuine at the symposia of the Mosaics, as they showed behind their chevaux-de-frise of knitting-needles elsewhere. Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death There were in place chevaux-de-frise and other obstructions. Slavery and Four Years of War, Vol. 1-2 A Political History of Slavery in the United States Together With a Narrative of the Campaigns and Battles of the Civil War In Which the Author Took Part: 1861-1865 A few rods in front of the chevaux-de-frise was the abatis, formed of thick branches of trees, which likewise were firmly set in the ground. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 105, July 1866 A work had been commenced on the Jersey shore, opposite Fort Washington, to aid in protecting Putnam's chevaux-de-frise which had sunk between them. The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools Wires were stretched in all directions, and chevaux-de-frise erected beyond. For Name and Fame Or Through Afghan Passes At the further end, on slightly elevated ground, was a sort of fortification, surrounded by a mud wall, with loopholes for musketry, high palisades, and a chevaux-de-frise; while above it floated the Republican flag. The Young Llanero A Story of War and Wild Life in Venezuela Others went on with the chevaux-de-frise, while a third party dug a trench and began erecting a palisade between it and the house. The Missing Ship The Log of the "Ouzel" Galley Before Miranda can disengage his sword from its scabbard, a perfect chevaux-de-frise of lance-points are within six inches of his breast, while the doctor is similarly menaced. The Lone Ranche While the fort was thus menaced, the chevaux-de-frise had again proved inefficient. The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools If it is not all wanted for palisadoes, chevaux-de-frise, covered ways, and galleries, we can always find a use for it in the stoves, and comfort ourselves with the warmth it will give us.' The Young Carpenters of Freiberg A Tale of the Thirty Years' War Its facts are innumerable, its deductions simple and inevitable, and its chevaux-de-frise of references bristling and dense enough to make the keenest, stoutest and best-equipped assailant think twice before advancing. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. October, 1878. Never mind though they burn the chevaux-de-frise, they will not venture through the flames, depend on that; and if we fail to put out the fire, we must retreat into the house. The Missing Ship The Log of the "Ouzel" Galley The frigates, in advance of the fleet, had not yet succeeded in their endeavours to effect a passage through the lower double row of chevaux-de-frise. The Life of George Washington, Vol. 2 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States Washington still hoped to keep possession of Red Bank, and thereby prevent the enemy from weighing the chevaux-de-frise before the frost obliged their ships to quit the river. The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools Here also another useless "impediment" was put across the Hudson in 1779, a chevaux-de-frise with iron-pointed spikes thirty feet long, hidden under water, strongly secured by cribs of stone. The Hudson Three Centuries of History, Romance and Invention In addition to the parapet of an intrenchment, a good engineer will always find time and means for constructing other artificial obstacles, such as trous-de-loup, abattis, palisades, stockades, fraises, chevaux-de-frise, crows'-feet, mines, &c. 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. Between the canes which formed the chevaux-de-frise were planted large masses of prickly-pear, through which no ill-clad black, nor indeed any human being, could force his way. The Missing Ship The Log of the "Ouzel" Galley To prevent ships from passing the forts, chevaux-de-frise had been sunk in the river, and a boom extended from bank to bank, which was covered with immense chains stretched at some distance in its front. The Life of George Washington, Vol. 2 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States The chevaux-de-frise in the river had been constructed under his superintendence. The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools Fifth Week.—Red ochre outline of increased whiskers, flourishing imperial, and chevaux-de-frise moustache; dirty shirt; French cap; Jersey over-all; one slipper and a boot; meerschaum; dressing-gown; and principal seat at the free and easy. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, December 11, 1841 When you only meet your suitor at dances or operas, it may be no hard task to be always surrounded by a chevaux-de-frise of other admirers. Father Stafford On each side of it was an arm of the river, closed against an enemy with chevaux-de-frise. Montcalm and Wolfe In the deep channel between, or under cover of these batteries, several ranges of frames had been sunk, to which, from their resemblance to that machine, the name of chevaux-de-frise had been given. The Life of George Washington, Vol. 2 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States The ships under Commodore Hotham approached near enough to open an irregular fire upon the forts, and upon the vessels anchored above the chevaux-de-frise. The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools An effectual chevaux-de-frise, the pointed stakes withstood them, tore them, and threw them back. Sir Mortimer General Joseph E. Johnston sent us a couple of chevaux-de-frise. "Co. Aytch" Maury Grays, First Tennessee Regiment or, A Side Show of the Big Show Above this coliseum of monstrosities rose a long line of sharp, jagged needles, like a vast chevaux-de-frise, forbidding escape. Overland Several rows of chevaux-de-frise had been sunk about half a mile below Mud Island, which were protected by the guns of the forts, as well as by the moveable water force. The Life of George Washington, Vol. 2 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States He kicks, as it were, against a chevaux-de-frise of steel. Bred in the Bone Colonel Johnston proceeded to set up additional defences for the dépôt, and within a month two lunettes were completed with ditches and chevaux-de-frise, in each of which was mounted a piece of artillery. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 17, March, 1859 Then pouncing upon a pair of nutcrackers, and extending them like a chevaux-de-frise round his prizes, he began his onslaught upon the battalion of sweets before him. Lands of the Slave and the Free Cuba, the United States, and Canada To the left and below was the river, roaring, hissing, and foaming through its chevaux-de-frise of rocks. Overland On either side trees were felled with their boughs outward, so as to form a chevaux-de-frise, extending at an angle on each side of the road for fifty yards in advance of the guns. Jack Archer The bridge across the Marne was mined, but still intact, and defended at the farther end by an entrenched and loopholed redoubt, faced by some very intricate and artistic chevaux-de-frise. My Days of Adventure The Fall of France, 1870-71 No men could have behaved better than all that I could see; the whole of us pushing on for the breastwork, until we encountered fallen trees; which were made to serve the purpose of chevaux-de-frise. Satanstoe In this dilemma, and while ransacking my brain-box how to remedy the difficulty, a lady came in, and having passed me, Sambo—grinning through a chevaux-de-frise of snow-white ivories—informed me that was "his Missus." Lands of the Slave and the Free Cuba, the United States, and Canada Three rows of chevaux-de-frise, composed of immense beams of timber bolted and fastened together and stuck with iron spikes, were sunk across the channel, and these lines were protected by batteries. True to the Old Flag A Tale of the American War of Independence A line of impassable bayonets, a living chevaux-de-frise of the best blood of Britain, stood firm and motionless before the shock. Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 2 Those feet were sheer, the chalk darkening to the blackness of soil, and the crest of grass making a rusty chevaux-de-frise at the summit. The Gentleman A Romance of the Sea In the deep channel between, or under cover of these batteries, several ranges of chevaux-de-frise had been sunk. Life and Times of Washington, Volume 2 Revised, Enlarged, and Enriched The principal gate of the magazine was similarly defended by two guns and by the chevaux-de-frise laid down in the inside. In Times of Peril After this battle the fleet and army united, cleared away the chevaux-de-frise across the Delaware, and took the forts commanding them after some hard fighting. True to the Old Flag A Tale of the American War of Independence Accordingly we find him through life encompassed by a host of tormentors, and presenting his chevaux-de-frise of quills against them at all and every point. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 13, November, 1858 The run of the fish is generally concentrated by a chevaux-de-frise to guide them towards the nets and localities where the fishermen place themselves. The Former Philippines thru Foreign Eyes Several rows of chevaux-de-frise had been sunk about half a mile below Mud Island, which were protected by the guns of the forts, as well as by the movable water force. Life and Times of Washington, Volume 2 Revised, Enlarged, and Enriched Here Confederate Gilmer's engineering skill has prepared ditch and fraise, abattis and chevaux-de-frise, with yawning graves for the soon-forgotten brave. The Little Lady of Lagunitas A Franco-Californian Romance “He is on one of the transports in the lower Delaware, and as soon as we can reduce the rebel works, and break through their cursed chevaux-de-frise, he will come up to Philadelphia.” Janice Meredith "Here, you will observe, was the exposed flank of the heights; there, behind the chevaux-de-frise, lay the enemy," etc., etc. The Queen of Sheba & My Cousin the Colonel They had brought with them the portable chevaux-de-frise carried by the infantry in the Swedish service. The Lion of the North A tale of the times of Gustavus Adolphus The frigates, in advance of the fleet, had not yet succeeded in their endeavors to effect a passage through the lower double row of chevaux-de-frise. Life and Times of Washington, Volume 2 Revised, Enlarged, and Enriched They rounded a bend where the left bank crumbled before the untiring teeth of the river, forming a bristling chevaux-de-frise of leaning, fallen firs awash in the current. The Barrier The fosse was eight feet wide, eight feet deep, and the face of the rampart was protected by chevaux-de-frise of sharpened stakes. Ismailia Fourteen ditches lined with sword-blades and poisoned chevaux-de-frise, fourteen walls bristling with innumerable artillery and as smooth as looking-glasses, were in turn triumphantly passed by that enterprising officer. Burlesques They reach their glacises, their ditches, covered ways, correct as mathematics; tear out chevaux-de-frise, hew down palisades, in the given number of minutes: Swift, ye Regiment's-carpenters; smite your best! History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 12 To prevent ships from passing the forts, chevaux-de-frise had been sunk in the river and a boom extended from bank to bank, which was covered with immense chains stretched at some distance in its front. Life and Times of Washington, Volume 2 Revised, Enlarged, and Enriched I trapped them in great numbers by means of an ingenious native arrangement of pointed sticks of wood, which, while providing an easy entrance, yet confronted the outgoing cat with a formidable chevaux-de-frise. The Adventures of Louis De Rougemont |
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