palisado

American  

[pal-uh-sey-doh] / ˌpæl əˈseɪ doʊ /

noun

palisadoes plural

1. palisade.

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• unpalisadoed
  adjective

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• palisadoes
  plural

Etymology

Origin of palisado

From the Spanish word palizada

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

palisado palisadoes

Your palisado is a pretty sort of bodkin, about the thickness of my leg.

From The Recruiting Officer by Farquhar, George

The stranger was still speaking, when a small quivering flame played on the corners of the palisado nearest the burning pile.

From The Wept of Wish-Ton-Wish by Cooper, James Fenimore

Some strong houses were always surrounded by a stockade, or "palisado," of heavy, well-fitted logs, which thus formed a garrison, or neighborhood resort, in time of danger.

From Home Life in Colonial Days by Earle, Alice Morse

So, sir, as I was telling you, I have seen one of these hussars eat up a ravelin for his breakfast, and afterwards pick his teeth with a palisado.

From The Recruiting Officer by Farquhar, George

Upon those first scattered plantations, a characteristic feature was such a strong-house or "block-house" surrounded by a stockade or "palisado" of logs.

From Virginia: the Old Dominion by Hutchins, Frank W.

Lighted by a moon that was full, though clouded they passed a gateway between two of the outer buildings, and descended to the palisadoes.

From The Wept of Wish-Ton-Wish by Cooper, James Fenimore

More familiar is culverin, Fr. couleuvrine, a derivative of couleuvre, adder, Lat. coluber— "And thou hast talk'd Of sallies and retires, of trenches, tents, Of palisadoes, frontiers, parapets, Of basilisks, of cannon, culverin."

From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Weekley, Ernest

For preserving palisadoes and other kinds of iron work exposed to the weather, heat some common litharge in a shovel over the fire.

From The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families by Eaton, Mary, fl. 1823-1849

To make the approach more difficult, they also dug trenches between the walls of palisadoes, and especially on the outer side, heaping up the earth at the base of the fortifications.

From The Life and Times of Kateri Tekakwitha The Lily of the Mohawks by Walworth, Ellen H.

I could have wished to have had a little part in the storm," wrote Nelson, characteristically covetous of strenuous action, "if it was only to have placed the ladders and pulled away the palisadoes.

From The Life of Nelson, Volume 1 The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain by Mahan, A. T. (Alfred Thayer)