trou-de-loup

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun trou-de-loup has 1 sense

trou-de-loup(n = noun.artifact) - a sloping pit with a stake in the middle used as an obstacle to the enemy;

CIDE DICTIONARY

trou-de-loup, n. [F. trou hole + de of + loup wolf.].

A pit in the form of an inverted cone or pyramid, constructed as an obstacle to the approach of an enemy, and having a pointed stake in the middle. The pits are called also trapholes. [1913 Webster]

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