palisade

[ pal-uh-seyd ]

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noun

a fence of pales or stakes set firmly in the ground, as for enclosure or defense.
any of a number of pales or stakes pointed at the top and set firmly in the ground in a close row with others to form a defense.

Botany. palisade parenchyma.
palisades, a line of cliffs.

verb (used with object),pal·i·sad·ed, pal·i·sad·ing.

to furnish or fortify with a palisade.

Origin of palisade

1590–1600; <French palissade<Old Provençal palissada, equivalent to paliss(a) paling (derivative of pal stake, pale²) + -ada-ade¹

Other words from palisade

un·pal·i·sad·ed, adjective

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How to use palisade in a sentence

After problems with intruders at her Pacific Palisades home, Rihanna decided two months ago to move to the east coast.
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Collecting some twenty resolute men, while the others guarded the palisades, he had the drawbridge lowered, and rushed out.
The Border Rifles | Gustave Aimard
They vainly directed a steady fire against the palisades for some time, and then withdrew to a short distance to rest.
The Story of the Thirteen Colonies | H. A. (Hlne Adeline) Guerber
In the forenoon our pilot came on board, a comfortable, self-possessed black man, who toward sunset brought us off the Palisades.
Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No 3, September 1863 | Various
The burgs were fortified with wooden palisades, capable of being destroyed by fire.
Myth, Ritual, and Religion, Vol. 1 | Andrew Lang

They nevertheless clambered to the top of the rock, and began to feel round the bottom of the wooden palisades for a door.
The Norsemen in the West | R.M. Ballantyne

British Dictionary definitions for palisade

palisade

/ (ˌpælɪˈseɪd) /

noun

a strong fence made of stakes driven into the ground, esp for defence
one of the stakes used in such a fence

botany a layer of elongated mesophyll cells containing many chloroplasts, situated below the outer epidermis of a leaf blade

verb

(tr) to enclose with a palisade

Origin of palisade

C17: via French, from Old Provençal palissada, ultimately from Latin pālus stake; see pale ², pole 1

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