Palisado
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Palisado is a noun meaning (fortification) Obsolete form of palisade.
Meaning
(fortification) Obsolete form of palisade.
Example Sentences
The sea breaks upon this coast against a palisadoed fence of rocks and cliffs, around which swarm flocks of polar birds with cries and screams.
[T]he Eyelids are fortify'd vvith little ſtiffe briſtles as vvith Paliſadoes, againſt the aſſault of Flyes and Gnats, and ſuch like bold Animalcula.
He provided a table sixty feet in diameter, upon which I was to act my part, and palisadoed it round three feet from the edge, and as many high, to prevent my falling over.
At Chaco they had a little earthen fort, with a small ditch palisadoed round it, and a few old honeycombed guns without carriages, and which do not defend the harbour in the least.
Word Forms
- palisados
- palisadoes
- palisadoing
- palisadoed
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include pallisado, palisade, pale, parapet, paling, pilastre.
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