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6 letters · 8 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a line of defense consisting of a barrier of felled or live trees with branches (sharpened or with barbed wire entwined) pointed toward the enemy
originFrom French abatis, abattis (“mass of things beaten or cut down”), from abattre. See abate.
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