abatised

Definition

Provided with an abatis.

Etymology

From abatis + -ed.

Example Sentences

• "Their defenses at Boston Neck had been built up and greatly strengthened, and on Bunker's Hill they had built an elaborate fortress, with a thick parapet, well ditched, fraised, and abatised, of which Washington said "Twenty thousand men could not have carried it against one thousand had that work been well defended.""