In military architecture, fortified with a fraise; equipped with or protected by wooden stakes or a palisade.
Past participle of 'fraise' used as a verb, meaning to fortify with a fraise. Derived from the noun 'fraise' (fortification).
Medieval fortifications that were 'fraised' reveal how medieval engineers named defenses after strawberries—the prickly stakes probably reminded them of strawberry spines, which is a wonderful mix of nature and warfare vocabulary!
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