in Fortification, a kind of defence consisting of pointed stakes, six or seven feet long, driven parallel to the horizon into the retrenchments of a camp, a half moon, or the like, to prevent any approach or escalade.

Fraises differ from pallisades chiefly in this, that the latter stand perpendicular to the horizon, and the former jet out parallel to the horizon, or nearly so, being usually made a little sloping, or with the points hanging down. Fraises are chiefly used in retrenchments and other works thrown up of earth; sometimes they are found under the parapet of a rampart, serving instead of the cordon of stone used in stone works.

To Fraise a Battalion, is to line the musqueteers round with pikes, that in case they should be charged with a body of horde, the pikes being presented, may cover the musqueteers from the shock, and serve as a barricade.