abattis


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Noun1.abattis - a line of defense consisting of a barrier of felled or live trees with branches (sharpened or with barbed wire entwined) pointed toward the enemyabattis - a line of defense consisting of a barrier of felled or live trees with branches (sharpened or with barbed wire entwined) pointed toward the enemy
line of defence, line of defense - defensive structure consisting of a barrier that can be employed for defense against attack
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Release date- 09082019 - Abattis Bioceuticals Corp (the 'Company' or 'Abattis') (CSE:ATT) (OTC:ATTBF) announces the filing of its annual financial statements for the year ended September 30, 2018 and is pleased to provide the following comprehensive update on recent developments related to Abattis since the trading of the Company's common shares (each, a 'Share') was halted on the Canadian Securities Exchange ('CSE') on February 4, 2019.
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From the "sheet of fire rolling from Towsons's battery," Gaines, who had rushed to his left flank as soon as the first rounds were fired, was able to see "the enemy's column of about 1,500 men approaching on that point" and it "was not checked until it approached within ten feet of our infantry: a line of loose brush representing an abattis only intervened; a column of the enemy attempted to pass round the abbatis through the water, where it was nearly breast deep."
Les pasteurs des cooperatives en abattis et de cooperatives en forets n'etaient pas dotes de moyens suffisants pour prevenir les importantes pertes de rennes qui ont ete subies de 1972 a 1974, pertes attribuables a la presence de neige durcie et de couverture de glace pendant deux ans, d'etes chauds et du fait que les troupeaux etaient eleves en liberte.
l'avaient troue a l'ancienne barriere, un fier abattis de
je me souviens a perdre coeur de la chaleur des feux de brousse quand on brulait les abattis a mi-septembre mi-octobre un feu sacre brulait ma tete brulait mes yeux brulait mon coeur.
We have abattis in front of our works, and so have they...