palisado

[pal-uh-sey-doh]

noun

plural

palisadoes , palisadoed, palisadoing .

1. palisade.

Other Word Forms

• unpalisadoed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of palisado¹

From the Spanish word palizada

Example Sentences

The track is long gone and you’d never expect to see a horse race down Palisado Avenue’s paved two-lane road these days, but the neighborhood still shows vestiges of the town’s connection to harness racing.

From Washington Times

Opposite to the principal Front there’s an Area, encompass’d with an Iron Palisado, in the midst of which is a white marble Statue of Queen Anne, in whose Reign this Church was finish’d; which was begun so long ago as after the Great Fire, in the Reign of Charles II.

From Project Gutenberg

Then your palisado, pray what may he be?

From Project Gutenberg

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 Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg