concaedes

Etymology
From. Literally "a cutting down together".

Noun

 * 1) an abattis, an abatis, a barricade (generally of trees or logs)
 * 2) * 117, Tacitus, Annals, Liber I, 50:
 * "la"

- At Romanus agmine propero silvam Caesiam limitemque a Tiberio coeptum scindit, castra in limite locat, frontem ac tergum vallo, latera concaedibus munitus.


 * 1) * 378—391, Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae, Liber XVI, 12, 15:
 * "la"

- ...sed concaede arborum densa undique semitis clausis...



Usage notes

 * In Classical and Late Latin usage, used only in the plural except for ablative concaede in Ammianus. Use in the singular is otherwise a Medieval usage.