1. A temporary work, made of felled trees, with the branches pointing outwards, so as to hamper an attack See Abate.

Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language By Nuttall, P.Austin

• abates,
• abatis,
• abbatis,
• abatiss,
• zbattis,
• sbattis,
• wbattis,
• qbattis,
• abattiz,
• zabattis,
• wabattis,
• abatftis,
• abatties,
• aattis,
• abtatis,
• abattiss,
• abattys,
• abattas,
• Abattyes,
• Abattice

• abatis,
• abatic.

The adjective form of the word "abattis" is "abattised".