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abatis

UK/ˈæbətiː/US/ˈæbətəs/

abatis noun: a means of defense formed by felled trees, or sometimes by bent trees, the ends of whose branches are sharpened and directed outwards, or against the enemy, and more recently fortified with barbed wire.

abatis: a means of defense formed by felled trees, or sometimes by bent trees, the ends of whose branches...
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Noun

abatis (plural abatis or abatises)

  1. A means of defense formed by felled trees, or sometimes by bent trees, the ends of whose branches are sharpened and directed outwards, or against the enemy, and more recently fortified with barbed wire.
  2. (historical) In the Middle Ages, an officer of the stables who had the care of measuring out the provender; an avenor.
  3. In coal-mining, walls of cord-wood piled up crosswise to keep the underground roads open so as to secure ventilation.

abatis meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Arabic and Indonesian

abatis in Tamil

means of defense
மரக்கிளை அரண் marakkiḷai araṇ

abatis in Bengali

একটি প্রতিরক্ষা কৌশল, খনিশিল্পে

abatis in Arabic

means of defense
حِظَار ḥiẓār

abatis in Indonesian

means of defense
abatis

Forms of abatis

pluralabatis
pluralabatises
alternative formabattis

Origin of abatis

From French abatis, abattis (“mass of things beaten or cut down”), from abattre. See abate.

Words formed from abatis

Questions about abatis

What does abatis mean?
Abatis means a means of defense formed by felled trees, or sometimes by bent trees, the ends of whose branches are sharpened and directed outwards, or against the enemy, and more recently fortified with barbed wire.
What is abatis in Tamil?
Abatis in Tamil is மரக்கிளை அரண் (marakkiḷai araṇ). See Abatis meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is abatis?
Abatis is a noun.
How do you pronounce abatis?
Abatis is pronounced /ˈæbətiː/ (UK).
What is the plural of abatis?
The plural of abatis is abatis.

Words near abatis in the dictionary

  1. abateth
  2. abathochroal
  3. abatic
  4. abating
  5. abating of
  6. abatis
  7. abatised
  8. abatises
  9. abative
  10. abatjour
  11. abatjours

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Adapted from Wiktionary: abatis (page history and authors); abatis (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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