palisado
noun
palisadoes
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pluralof palisado.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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 Ellen H. Walworth
This ground is divided into two parts, each of which is inclosed by a brick wall, surmounted by iron palisadoes, and gates of the same at the entrance, which are secured by locks.
From A Description of Modern Birmingham Whereunto Are Annexed Observations Made during an Excursion Round the Town, in the Summer of 1818, Including Warwick and Leamington by Charles Pye
In the February, 1625 census listings, there were two houses, a store, and two palisadoes.
From The First Seventeen Years: Virginia 1607-1624 by Charles E. Hatch
The Piquods had taken two positions which they had surrounded with palisadoes, and had resolved to defend.
From The Life of George Washington, Vol. 1 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States by John Marshall
It had the large total of eighty-nine houses besides twenty stores, all beyond Hampton River, and twenty-four palisadoes.
From The First Seventeen Years: Virginia 1607-1624 by Charles E. Hatch
