Usually means: Barrier made from felled trees.
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  1. abatis: Merriam-Webster
  2. abatis: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. abatis: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. abatis: Collins English Dictionary
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  6. abatis: Wordnik
  7. abatis: Wiktionary
  8. abatis: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. abatis: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. abatis: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Abatis, abatis: Dictionary.com
  12. abatis: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. Abatis: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Abatis: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. abatis: Rhymezone
  16. Abatis: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. abatis: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  18. abatis: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  19. abatis: FreeDictionary.org
  20. abatis: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  21. abatis: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. abatis: TheFreeDictionary.com
  23. abatis: Merriam-Webster

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Definitions from Wiktionary (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.
noun:  (historical) In the Middle Ages, an officer of the stables who had the care of measuring out the provender; an avenor.
noun:  In coal-mining, walls of cord-wood piled up crosswise to keep the underground roads open so as to secure ventilation.

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