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FRAISE. A palisade around a fortification between the main wall and the ditch that is, the berm). Its timbers were either pointed horizontally toward the direction of attack or slanted either up or down. The fraising normally was pointed, and the purpose was to hinder an enemy in its final assault without giving it the protection that an abatis might offer.
SEE ALSO Abatis.
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