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vaux
(wn) | Vaux
n 1: United States landscape architect (born in England) who
designed Central Park (1824-1895) [syn: Vaux, {Calvert
Vaux}] |
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chevaux-de-frise
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Chevaux
(gcide) | Chevaux \Che*vaux"\ (she*v[=o]"), n. pl.
See Cheval.
[1913 Webster]Cheval \Che*val"\, n.; pl. Chevaux. [F. See Cavalcade.]
A horse; hence, a support or frame.
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Cheval glass, a mirror swinging in a frame, and large
enough to reflect the full length figure.
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Chevaux-de-frise
(gcide) | Cheval-de-frise \Che*val"-de-frise"\, n.; commonly used in the
pl. Chevaux-de-frise. [F.; cheval horse + Frise Friesland,
where it was first used.] (Mil.)
A piece of timber or an iron barrel traversed with
iron-pointed spikes or spears, five or six feet long, used to
defend a passage, stop a breach, or impede the advance of
cavalry, etc.
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Obstructions of chain, boom, and cheval-de-frise. --W.
Irving.
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calvert vaux
(wn) | Calvert Vaux
n 1: United States landscape architect (born in England) who
designed Central Park (1824-1895) [syn: Vaux, {Calvert
Vaux}] |
chevaux-de-frise
(wn) | chevaux-de-frise
n 1: defensive structure consisting of a movable obstacle
composed of barbed wire or spikes attached to a wooden
frame; used to obstruct cavalry [syn: cheval-de-frise,
chevaux-de-frise] |
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