Periodic Table of the Defenses

[Purpose]

Originally Posted by Chak

To make the pronunciation easier on me, I call it "the French thing". I have to explain which one I'm talking about, but I'd have to do that anyways if I tried to properly pronounce it.

Personally, I'm all for calling it "Shovel the Fries"

[inorbert]

Call it Horse Strawberries, it translates directly to strawberry of horses; that grim humor makes it quite easy to remember

[MaGiC_PiKaChU]

Originally Posted by inorbert

Call it Horse Strawberries, it translates directly to strawberry of horses; that grim humor makes it quite easy to remember

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

[inorbert]

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

Really... Intresting

[cglrcng]

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

It would definitely curl a riders hair (even if & especially if, you the rider are wearing all that heavy fighting armor), when a horse starts stepping all over & on those nasty "teeter totter" like objects of defense & war and causing itself those huge very nasty strawberry looking bruises and open wounds to legs and belly and then starts freaking totally out, all the while you the knight are attempting to battle enemy and trusty steed both for your very life.

Oh, the art of war, she is very grim.

[Bob Steele]

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.....

[MaGiC_PiKaChU]

Originally Posted by Bob Steele

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.....

The more you know... Very interesting!

[adciv]

Originally Posted by Bob Steele

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.....

Heh, I remember seeing these in photos/movies from D-Day. I think they're still in use today as part of anti-ship countermeasures near shore lines.

[dubiousSwain]

Originally Posted by adciv

Heh, I remember seeing these in photos/movies from D-Day. I think they're still in use today as part of anti-ship countermeasures near shore lines.

I think you're thinking of Czech Hedgehogs.

EDIT: Original image was huge

[planetbrilliant]

Originally Posted by Purpose

Personally, I'm all for calling it "Shovel the Fries"

My team has taken to affectionately referring to it as the 'Cheval de Fridge' or just the 'Fridge' because when presenting strategies a boy kept pronouncing it that way.