ABATTIS See also:

• ABATTIS ABATIS

ABATIS  or ABBATTIS (a See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French word meaning a heap of material thrown), a See also:

• TERM

term in See also:

• FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
• FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
• FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
• FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
• FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
• FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
• FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
• FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
• FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
• FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
• FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)

field fortification for an obstacle formed of the branches of trees laid in a See also:

• ROW, JOHN (c. 1525—1580)

row, with the tops directed towards the enemy and interlaced or tied with See also:

• WIRE (A.S. wir, a wire; cf. Swed. vire, to twist, M.H.G. wiere, a gold ornament, Lat. viriae, armlets, ultimately from the root wi, to twist, bind)

wire . The See also:

• ABATIS, ABATTIS

abatis is used alone or in See also:

• COMBINATION (Lat. combinare, to combine)

combination with wire-entanglements and other obstacles .