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Originally Posted by MaGiC_PiKaChU
frise actually translate to "curl" when speaking of hair, or the edge near the ceiling when speaking walls.
In this case Frise is the name of a european region witch probably invented that thing 
source: first language is French |
French: Cheval de frise literally means "Frisian horse" The Frisians, having few cavalry, relied heavily on such anti-cavalry obstacles in warfare. (wikipedia)
Back when I did Revolutionary War re-enacting we saw these on battlefields.
If you ever go to Yorktown you will see reproductions of them Quite effective and until barbed wire came along they were used to repel cavalry. Of course the originals did not rotate like these. They were rigid and came to points. Below is a picture from the actual Petersburg battlefield (Civil War) (courtesy wikipedia)
my first language is
German my family came from Alsace-Lorraine... annexed by French after WWI.....