Hérisson

French-English Dictionary of Military Terms · 1918 · p. 3

Hedgehog. Sprocket wheel. Blockhouse of the hedgehog (“ Igel”’) type. Cheval-de-frise (generally). Unit of portable wire entanglement in either of two forms (a) built on 3 cro sticks at right angles to one another; (b) formed of “ Brun” (“‘ French wire ’’) coil on an extensible chevaux-de-frise frame. —Héri on de cété. Crown wheel. [p.299]