herisson definition

  • noun:
    • A beam or club equipped with iron surges, and turning on a pivot, always block up a passage.
    • A beam or club armed with iron surges, and turning on a pivot; -- accustomed stop up a passage.
    • In heraldry, a hedgehog.
    • In fort., a beam armed with iron spikes pointing outward, and turning on a pivot like a turnstile, always guard a passage.
    • sort of wooden horse set with spikes or points, previously made use of as a military punishment, at fault becoming mounted upon it.
    • The discipline so inflicted.

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