10 BÜCHER, DIE MIT «CHEVAL-DE-FRISE» IM ZUSAMMENHANG STEHEN
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A treatise on the science of war and fortification: composed ...
The body of the cheval de frise intended for closing an outlet, is 30 to 35
decimetres (10 to 12 feet) long, and 25 by 25 centimetres (10 inches) thick : when
fixed, the diagonal of the section perpendicular to the axis, is vertical. It is
sufficient to ...
Simon François Gay de Vernon (baron), baron Simon François Gay de Vernon, John Michael O'Connor, 1817
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Historical Dictionary of the American Revolution
CHEVAL-DE-FRISE. A cheval-de-frise (plural: chevaux-de-frise) was an obstacle
placed in a river to deny access to an opponent's ships. One cheval-de-frise,
located south of Philadelphia, consisted of three rows of heavy timber frames
sunk ...
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Fortification for officers of the army and students of ...
A row of chevaux-de-frise, made of well-tempered sword- blades, was placed by
the French on the summit of the breach at Badajos, and it was an obstacle which
the assailants were unable to remove or surmount. When the cheval de-frise is ...
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Defending Your Castle: Build Catapults, Crossbows, Moats, ...
This was soon corrupted to cheval-de-frise, or, in the plural, chevaux-de-frise.
Military engineers took note of the device's effectiveness and it soon became a
standard method of protecting military lines. For example, at the Battle of
Petersburg ...
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The Royal Dictionary, French and English, and English and ...
Cbcvaux-legers, Horse, or Light Horse, Tmpers. Cheval-marin, a Sea Horse.
Cheval aile, a aingtd Horse. Cheval de bois, a aooden Horse. Cheval de frise, (
machine de guerre,) a Cheval de Frise, a Warlikc Instrument to keep off the Horse
.
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Index Universalis Multilingualis: Deutsch - Französisch - ...
... System / milesianisches System - plan en damier, 9/19 chest-reliquary - capsa /
scrin(i)um - Truhenreliquiar/ Reliquientruhe - coffre-reliquaire, 2l188 cheval de
frise - chevaux de frise - spanischer Reiter/ Federbaum /friesischer Reiter, 1/157;
...
K. G. Saur Verlag GmbH & Company, Walter De Gruyter, 2003
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Weapons of the Revolutionary War
The logs blocked British supply ships. The singular form of chevaux-de-frise is
cheval-de-frise. The word comes from fighters in the Netherlands who used the
barriers. cheval-de-frise In 1783, the colonists won their freedom from Great
Britain.
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The English Lanuage and English Grammar
Lusus nature, a sport of nature, is the same in both numbers, because the letters
of lusus are so. aide-de-camp aides-de-camp cheval-de-frise chevaux-de-frise
fleur-de-lis fleurs-de-lis Cheval-de-frise is literally a horse of Friesland, and ...
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The Complete Costume Dictionary
Man's fitted overcoat with hidden buttons and velvet collar. chestnut: Brown with
yellowish tint. cheval de frise: France. Crisscross dress trim. Chevalier bonnet:
Bustle (1865–1890 C.E.). In 1870s, bonnet made completely of jet beads.
chevaux ...
Elizabeth J. Lewandowski, 2011
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Vocabulaire complet français-anglais et anglais-français
frieze ovfrize Cheval de frise , [tprl'it } cheval de frise Fritfe'r, t)a.- to Cttftf crisp — (
toucher superficiellement) to graze — du drap, to nap cloth — (du Hnge , de Teai]
) to nrffte — la corde , to twist the cordwilh (he ball (at tennis) La voile frise, [mar.]
...
3 NACHRICHTEN, IN DENEN DER BEGRIFF «CHEVAL-DE-FRISE» VORKOMMT
Erfahre, worüber man in den einheimischen und internationalen Medien spricht und wie der Begriff
cheval-de-frise im Kontext der folgenden Nachrichten gebraucht wird.
Steps to 'Defending Your Castle'
... projects, including "Da Vinci's Catapult," "Carpini's Crossbow," a "Crusader-Proof Moat," "Alexander's Tortoise," and the "Cheval-de-frise.". «KARE, Jun 14»
SANDY STIRS UP HISTORY: Revolutionary War spike pulled from …
Translation: a cheval-de-frise is a big spike that was lowered into the river back in Colonial times, probably around Ft. Mifflin in Philadelphia, ... «Bucks Local News, Nov 12»
Dispatch from Northampton
Here the nursery is protected by a sort of cheval-de-frise, as though to deter medieval chargers. I got talking to a pensioner and asked him what ... «Financial Times, Jan 10»
