There were other ships up the river, and there were the chevaux-de-frise which the patriots had constructed to keep the enemy out, and which would now be a hindrance to the boys.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Liberty Boys Running the Blockade or, Getting Out of New York] Reference

Wires were stretched in all directions, and chevaux-de-frise erected beyond.    From Wordnik.com.  [For Name and Fame Or Through Afghan Passes] Reference

The old Hornsey toll-bar was a high gate, with chevaux-de-frise on the upper rail.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rookwood] Reference

The more you insist, the more she erects bastions of ignorance, the more she isolates herself by chevaux-de-frise.    From Wordnik.com.  [Analytical Studies] Reference

"Here, you will observe, was the exposed flank of the heights; there, behind the chevaux-de-frise, lay the enemy," etc., etc.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Queen of Sheba & My Cousin the Colonel] Reference

Along the summit of these walls had been planted rows of the cactus, that threw out huge, thorny limbs, forming an impassable chevaux-de-frise.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Scalp Hunters] Reference

The frigates, in advance of the fleet, had not yet succeeded in their endeavours to effect a passage through the lower double row of chevaux-de-frise.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Life of George Washington, Vol. 2 (of 5) Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States] Reference

Above this was a heavy chevaux-de-frise and barbed-wire entanglement, partly sunk and concealed from view; in many places pitted and covered with brushwood.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of 12) The War Begins, Invasion of Belgium, Battle of the Marne] Reference

After this battle the fleet and army united, cleared away the chevaux-de-frise across the Delaware, and took the forts commanding them after some hard fighting.    From Wordnik.com.  [True to the Old Flag A Tale of the American War of Independence] Reference

Several rows of chevaux-de-frise had been sunk about half a mile below Mud Island, which were protected by the guns of the forts, as well as by the moveable water force.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Life of George Washington, Vol. 2 (of 5) Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States] Reference

Mifflin, after the British had passed the chevaux-de-frise on the Delaware, was left with fifteen men to destroy the works, which he did, and brought off his men successfully.    From Wordnik.com.  [Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 1] Reference