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noun(che-val-de-frise)a defense consisting typically of a timber or an iron barrel covered with projecting spikes and often strung with barbed wire
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noun(che-val-de-frise)a protecting line (as of spikes) on top of a wall —usually used in plural
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noun(che-val-de-frise)a full-length mirror in a frame in which it may be tilted
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French noun phrase(che-val-de-frise)warhorse : hobbyhorse : argument constantly relied on : favorite subject : signature performance piece : forte
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adverb(che-val-de-frise)with a leg on each side : astride
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adverb(che-val-de-frise)in such a way as to be played or chanced simultaneously on two numbers or events (as in roulette)