pal·i·sade (p l  -s d )n. 1. a. A fence of pales forming a defense barrier or fortification. b. One of the pales of such a fence. 2. palisades A line of lofty steep cliffs, usually along a river. tr.v. pal·i·sad·ed, pal·i·sad·ing, pal·i·sades To equip or fortify with palisades or a palisade. [French palissade, from Old French, from Old Provençal palissada, from palissa, stake, from Vulgar Latin *p l cea, from Latin plus; see pag- in Indo-European roots.] |
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. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) Botany a layer of elongated mesophyll cells containing many chloroplasts, situated below the outer epidermis of a leaf blade
vb
(tr) to enclose with a palisade
[via French, from Old Provençal palissada, ultimately from Latin pālus stake; see pale2, pole1]
Palisade anything resembling or likened to a row of stakes.
Examples: palisade of cliffs, 1850; of ice-pinnacles, 1871; of mountains, 1865; of shrubs; of stakes, 1832; of stiff hairs, 1713; of teeth, 1796; of trees.
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| Noun | 1. |  palisade - fortification consisting of a strong fence made of stakes driven into the groundfortification, munition - defensive structure consisting of walls or mounds built around a stronghold to strengthen it |
| Verb | 1. | palisade - surround with a wall in order to fortify protect - shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage; "Weatherbeater protects your roof from the rain" stockade - surround with a stockade in order to fortify circumvallate - surround with or as if with a rampart or other fortification |
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