palisado

[ pal-uh-sey-doh ]

noun, verb (used with object),plural pal·i·sa·does,pal·i·sa·doed, pal·i·sa·do·ing.

Origin of palisado

From the Spanish word palizada

Your palisado is a pretty sort of bodkin, about the thickness of my leg.
The Recruiting Officer | George Farquhar
Steep rocks and everlasting hills are their castles; the tangled, pathless thicket their palisado, and God is their ally.
Evolution of Expression, Volume 2--Revised | Charles Wesley Emerson
"Enter," said the stranger, lowering the piece of the palisado for the passage of his companion.
The Wept of Wish-Ton-Wish | James Fenimore Cooper
And first having felled trees, he therewith made a palisado about the town that none might go out.
Historical Parallels, vol 3 (of 3) | Arthur Thomas Malkin
The stranger was still speaking, when a small quivering flame played on the corners of the palisado nearest the burning pile.
The Wept of Wish-Ton-Wish | James Fenimore Cooper

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