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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a sloping pit with a stake in the middle used as an obstacle to the enemy;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Trou-de-loup \Trou"-de-loup"\, n.; pl. Trous-de-loup. [F. trou hole + de of + loup wolf.] (Mil.) A pit in the form of an inverted cone or pyramid, constructed as an obstacle to the approach of an enemy, and having a pointed stake in the middle. The pits are called also trapholes. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

trou-de-loup n 1: a sloping pit with a stake in the middle used as an obstacle to the enemy