Palisade

Quick meaning: Palisade is a noun meaning A long, strong stake, one end of which is set firmly in the ground, and the other sharpened.

Meaning

A long, strong stake, one end of which is set firmly in the ground, and the other sharpened.

More Meanings

1. (military) A wall of wooden stakes, used as a defensive barrier.
2. A line of cliffs, especially one showing basaltic columns.
3. (biology) An even row of cells, e.g., palisade mesophyll cells.
4. (transitive, usually in the passive, also intransitive) To equip with a palisade.

Example Sentences

They stood at bay in an old palisaded fort.

The Hut, well palisaded, would make a work that could not be easily carried, without artillery."

Before the clearing had been half crossed the Arabs opened up a withering fire from behind the palisade.

The ensuing dispute led to a bloody battle on the island, in which the English rushed up to the palisaded fort, began firing in at the portholes, and set fire to the village.

Word Forms

• palisades
• palisading
• palisaded

Synonyms for palisade

Depending on context, synonyms include fence, surround, wall.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include fence, wall, surround, stockade, fortification, pale.

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