palisado
[pal-uh-sey-doh]
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Origin of palisado
From the Spanish word palizada
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Examples from the Web for palisado
Historical Examples
Your palisado is a pretty sort of bodkin, about the thickness of my leg.
The Recruiting OfficerGeorge Farquhar
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-WishJames 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
Steep rocks and everlasting hills are their castles; the tangled, pathless thicket their palisado, and God is their ally.
Evolution of Expression, Volume 2--RevisedCharles Wesley Emerson
"Enter," said the stranger, lowering the piece of the palisado for the passage of his companion.
The Wept of Wish-Ton-WishJames Fenimore Cooper