Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for AB'AT-TIS
AB'AT-TIS, n. [from beating or pulling down. Fr. abattre.]
Rubbish. In fortification, piles of trees, or branches of trees sharpened, and laid with their points outward, in front of ramparts, to prevent assailants from mounting the walls. – Encyc.
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