schwer passierbares Hindernis oder dichte Sperre, ursprünglich aus gefällten Bäumen, Sträuchern und Dornenbüschen errichtet, in neueren Zeiten auch durch Verwendung von Stacheldraht verschärft
köken: förhugga + -ning, used in Swedish since 1761, likely inspired by German Verhau. The verb förhugga (obsolete, never listed in SAOL) is known from Old Swedish forhugga, from Middle Low German vorhouwen, cognate with German verhauen.
a group of trees felled by a storm · abatis, abattis (means of defense made of felled trees, often enhanced with barbed wire and mines) · breaking, breakage, fracture, rupture (point or area at which something breaks)