Definition of Abatis

Abasement

ABATIS noun

	Rubbish in front of a fort, to prevent the rubbish outside from molesting the rubbish inside.

		definition from: *The Devil's Dictionary* by Ambrose Bierce, 1911

Abdication

Regular definition:

ABATIS:
?æb?t?s n. (also abattis) (pl. same; abatises, abattises) hist. a defence made of felled trees with the boughs pointing outwards. øøabatised adj. [F f. abatre fell: see ABATE]

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