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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Abatis \Ab"a*tis\, Abattis \Aba"t*tis\, ([a^]b"[.a]*t[i^]s; French [.a]`b[.a]`t[=e]") n. [F. abatis, abattis, mass of things beaten or cut down fr abattre See {Abate}.] (Fort.) A means of defense formed by felled trees, the ends of whose branches are sharpened and directed outwards, or against the enemy. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: abatis n : a barrier of felled or live trees with branches (sharpened or with barbed wire entwined) toward the enemy [syn: {abattis}] From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: ABATIS, n. Rubbish in front of a fort, to prevent the rubbish outside from molesting the rubbish inside.
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