cheval de frise

Etymology
Borrowed from, so named because it was employed by the Dutch (who lacked cavalry) against the Spanish cavalry in their war for independence.

Noun

 * 1)  An obstacle made of wood with spikes, for use against attacking cavalry.
 * 2) * 1878, "Colorado", Encyclopaedia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. VI, p. 162:
 * The mountains of Colorado were, till a comparatively recent date, richly clothed with forest; but owing partly to natural causes, and still more to the lavish consumption and reckless destruction of the early settlers, the quantity of growing timber in the State is exceedingly small, and before long, if restorative measures are not adopted, the Colorado demand for wood will require to be supplied from without. Whole mountain sides often present the appearance of monstrous cheavaux-de-frise, the dead trunks of the wind-thrown pines being tossed about in all directions.
 * 1) Protective row of spikes or broken glass set into the top of a wall and used to prevent intrusion.
 * 2)  The jagged edge of 18th-century women's clothing.
 * 1)  The jagged edge of 18th-century women's clothing.

Translations

 * Catalan: cavall frisó
 * Danish: spansk rytter
 * Finnish: espanjalainen ratsastaja
 * German: spanischer Reiter, friesischer Reiter
 * Korean: 거마창(拒馬槍)
 * Latin:, cervulus
 * Ottoman Turkish: كرپی
 * Romanian: cal de friză
 * Ukrainian: рогатка