Meaning of concaedes | Babel Free

Definitions

an abattis, an abatis, a barricade (generally of trees or logs)

declension-3

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Examples

“117, Tacitus, Annals, Liber I, 50”

But the Roman general in a forced march, cut through the Caesian forest and the barrier which had been begun by Tiberius, and pitched his camp on this barrier, his front and rear being defended by intrenchments, his flanks by timber barricades.

“378—391, Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae, Liber XVI, 12, 15”

...but having blocked the paths everywhere with a thick barricade of trees...

“Si vero iam constaret de adventu hostis, facile роssе caesis arboribus oppleri & obrui viam in fronte aut fine concaedis, pro ut opus esset.”

If indeed he were already correct about the coming of the enemy, the road could easily be filled up by means of cut down trees and be covered over on the front or end of the barricade, just as the work would be.

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