chevaux-de-frise

How to use chevaux-de-frise in a sentence

• The more you insist, the more she erects bastions of ignorance, the more she isolates herself by chevaux-de-frise.

  The Petty Troubles of Married Life, Complete | Honore de Balzac

• To the left and below was the river, roaring, hissing, and foaming through its chevaux-de-frise of rocks.

  Overland | John William De Forest

• On the right is a recessed window, through which the top of an old grey wall with chevaux-de-frise and foliage above can be seen.

  The Brass Bottle | F. Anstey

• Black decaying trunks of trees stood up at various angles, often bristling with dead branches like chevaux-de-frise.

  Joan of the Sword Hand | S(amuel) R(utherford) Crockett

• On the landward side were heavy earthworks, abatis, and sharp pointed chevaux-de-frise.

  The Naval History of the United States | Willis J. Abbot.