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  • noun Plural form of abattis.

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  • Or there had interposed in his trail abattises of down timber a quarter of a mile wide over which it had been necessary to pick a precarious way eight or ten feet from the ground.

    The Blazed Trail Stewart Edward White 1909

  • Or there had interposed in his trail abattises of down timber a quarter of a mile wide over which it had been necessary to pick a precarious way eight or ten feet from the ground.

    The Blazed Trail 1902

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