(n) 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, Syn.abatis
(n) low-growing strong-smelling coastal shrub of warm parts of the New World having unisexual flowers in conelike spikes and thick succulent leaves, Syn.Batis maritima
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
{ } pos>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. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. batiste, from the name of the alleged first maker, Baptiste of Cambrai. Littré. ] Originally, cambric or lawn of fine linen; now applied also to cloth of similar texture made of cotton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. sabbatismus, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to keep the Sabbath: cf. F. sabbatisme. See Sabbath. ] Intermission of labor, as upon the Sabbath; rest. Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]
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