FRISE

Fr. “horse of{ div sland,” the predece or of barbed-| Pa entanglements as a defence of the/ sea oaches to camps, fortifications, etc., | the ved its name from the circumstance | wh it was first used at the siege of | cat ingen, in Fries land, by William of/ at we, in 1594. It consisted of a heavy fict 2 of wood furnished with spikes; me od at right angles to cach other, sof (¢ aged as to present an array of spears | bre 3 advancing enemy. the [s. 98]