cheveaux-de-frise

Updated: May 8, 2025

Commanding the barriers, one or more forts are built on an eminence, mounting within them five or six of the native guns, called leilas. The forts are surrounded by a strong stockade, which is surmounted by a cheveaux-de-frise of split bamboos.

Frank Marryat - Borneo and the Indian Archipelago: with drawings of costume and scenery