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noun
A beam or bar armed with iron spikes, and turning on a pivot, used to block up a passage.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A hedgehog.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
French hérisson (“hedgehog”). Doublet of urchin.
