palisade

[ pal-uh-seyd ]

/ ˌpæl əˈseɪd /

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noun

a fence of pales or stakes set firmly in the ground, as for enclosure or defense.

any of a number of pales or stakes pointed at the top and set firmly in the ground in a close row with others to form a defense.

Botany. palisade parenchyma.

palisades, a line of cliffs.

verb (used with object), pal·i·sad·ed, pal·i·sad·ing.

to furnish or fortify with a palisade.

Words nearby palisade

palingenesist, palinka, palinode, palinopsia, paliphrasia, palisade, palisade cell, palisade layer, palisade parenchyma, palisades, palisades park

Origin of palisade

1590–1600; < French palissade < Old Provençal palissada, equivalent to paliss(a) paling (derivative of pal stake, pale²) + -ada -ade¹

OTHER WORDS FROM palisade

un·pal·i·sad·ed, adjective

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Examples from the Web for palisade

We shall soon know,” said Pencroft, “when we have scaled the palisade.
The Secret of the Island|W.H.G. Kingston (translation from Jules Verne)
A slim girl bearing in her hand a wooden pail came through the gate of the palisade.
The Young Trailers|Joseph A. Altsheler
Further, we can see plainly from our oldest laws that the palisade or entrenchment around a great mans house is a burh.
Domesday Book and Beyond|Frederic William Maitland
Many of the soldiers forced their way through, but only to find a second and then a third palisade in front of them.
History of Australia and New Zealand|Alexander Sutherland

Beyond the palisade there is a labyrinth of 108,000 paths leading by direct and circuitous routes back to earth.
Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio vol. II (of 2)|Songling Pu

British Dictionary definitions for palisade

palisade

/ (ˌpælɪˈseɪd) /

noun

a strong fence made of stakes driven into the ground, esp for defence

one of the stakes used in such a fence

botany a layer of elongated mesophyll cells containing many chloroplasts, situated below the outer epidermis of a leaf blade

verb

(tr) to enclose with a palisade

Word Origin for palisade

C17: via French, from Old Provençal palissada, ultimately from Latin pālus stake; see pale ², pole 1

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palisade

noun

verb (used with object), pal·i·sad·ed, pal·i·sad·ing.

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Words nearby palisade

Origin of palisade

OTHER WORDS FROM palisade

Examples from the Web for palisade

British Dictionary definitions for palisade

noun

verb

Word Origin for palisade