What does "fraise" mean?
Fraise: (Fort.) A defense consisting of pointed stakes driven into the ramparts in a horizontal or inclined position.
Additional senses
- 2.(Mech.) A fluted reamer for enlarging holes in stone; a small milling cutter.
- 3.To protect, as a line of troops, against an onset of cavalry, by opposing bayonets raised obliquely forward. Wilhelm.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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