Plural of abattise; multiple defensive positions or areas that are fortified with barriers of felled trees with sharpened branches.
Plural form of abattise, the anglicized version of the French 'abatis,' used in English military fortification terminology.
Military strategists would identify key defensive positions and have soldiers create abattises overnight—it was the ultimate low-tech, high-effectiveness military engineering that confused and slowed down advancing enemies.
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