palisade

palisade (ˌpælɪˈseɪd)

—n
1.	a strong fence made of stakes driven into the ground, esp for defence
2.	one of the stakes used in such a fence
3.	botany a layer of elongated mesophyll cells containing many chloroplasts, situated below the outer epidermis of a leaf blade

—vb
4.	(tr) to enclose with a palisade

[C17: via French, from Old Provençal palissada, ultimately from Latin pālus stake; see pale², pole¹]

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palisade

"a fence of stakes," 1600, from Fr. palissade, from Prov. palissada, from palissa "a stake or paling," from Gallo-Romance *palicea, from L. palus "stake" (see pale (n.)). Military sense is attested from 1697. The Palisades, along the Hudson River opposite New York City, so called by 1838.

Example sentences

It's ending up mostly as a cynical collection of office towers, a palisade of rentable space.

The north half of the palisade and an inner wall have been excavated.

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