(historical) A ruff worn (especially by women) in the 16th century.
(historical) An embroidered scarf with its ends crossed over the chest and pinned, worn (especially by women) in the 19th century.
A fluted reamer for enlarging holes in stone; a small milling cutter.
A tool for cutting the teeth of a timepiece's wheel to correct inaccuracies.
A type of palisade placed for defence around a berm; a defence consisting of pointed stakes driven into the ramparts in a horizontal or inclined position.
Alternative form of froise (“kind of pancake or omelette”)
verb
(military) To protect, as a line of troops, against an onset of cavalry, by opposing bayonets raised obliquely forward.
(transitive, archaic) To put in danger, in terror, or at risk.
