abatised

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From abatis +‎ -ed.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈæb.əˌtɪst/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈæb.əˌtid/, /ˈæb.əˌtɪst/, /əˈbæt.id/, /əˈbæt.ɪst/

Adjective

abatised (not comparable)

  1. Provided with an abatis. [Mid 19th century.][1]
    • 2011, Christopher Ward, The War of the Revolution‎[1], Skyhorse, →ISBN, page 109:
      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."

References

  1. ^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abatised”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 2.

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