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Palisade

Palisade Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Palisade? [n] fortification consisting of a strong fence made of stakes driven into the ground [v] surround with a wall in order to fortify Synonyms \| Synonyms for Palisade: fence \| fence in \| surround \| wall Related Terms \| Find terms related to Palisade: abatis \| advanced work \| arm \| armor \| armor-plate \| balistraria \| bank \| banquette \| bar \| barbed-wire entanglement \| barbican \| barricade \| barrier \| bartizan \| bastion \| battle \| battlement \| blockade \| bluff \| breastwork \| bulkhead in \| bulwark \| casemate \| castellate \| cheval-de-frise \| circumvallation \| cliff \| contravallation \| counterscarp \| crag \| crenellate \| curtain \| demibastion \| dig in \| dike \| drawbridge \| earthwork \| embattle \| enclosure \| entanglement \| entrench \| escarp \| escarpment \| face \| fence \| fieldwork \| fortalice \| fortification \| fortify \| garrison \| glacis \| hedge \| hem \| leg \| loophole \| lunette \| machicolation \| man \| man the garrison \| mantelet \| merlon \| mine \| mound \| outwork \| pale \| palisades \| parados \| parapet \| peg \| picket \| pile \| portcullis \| postern gate \| precipice \| rail \| rampart \| ravelin \| redan \| redoubt \| sally port \| scar \| scarp \| sconce \| shank \| spile \| stake \| steep \| stockade \| tenaille \| vallation \| vallum \| wall \| work See Also \| circumvallate \| fortification \| munition \| protect \| stockade \| wall in \| wall up Palisade In Webster's Dictionary \Pal`isade"\, n. A line of bold cliffs, esp. one showing basaltic columns; -- usually in pl., and orig. used as the name of the cliffs on the west bank of the lower Hudson. \Pal`isade"\, n. [F. palissade, cf. Sp. palizada, It. palizzata, palizzo, LL. palissata; all fr. L. palus a stake, pale. See {Pale} a stake.] 1. (Fort.) A strong, long stake, one end of which is set firmly in the ground, and the other is sharpened; also, a fence formed of such stakes set in the ground as a means of defense. 2. Any fence made of pales or sharp stakes. {Palisade cells} (Bot.), vertically elongated parenchyma cells, such as are seen beneath the epidermis of the upper surface of many leaves. {Palisade worm} (Zo["o]l.), a nematoid worm ({Strongylus armatus}), parasitic in the blood vessels of the horse, in which it produces aneurisms, often fatal. \Pal`i*sade"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Palisaded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Palisading}.] [Cf. F. palissader.] To surround, inclose, or fortify, with palisades.

Palisade Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Palisade?

[n] fortification consisting of a strong fence made of stakes driven into the ground
[v] surround with a wall in order to fortify

Synonyms | Synonyms for Palisade: fence | fence in | surround | wall

Palisade In Webster's Dictionary

\Pal`i*sade"\, n.
A line of bold cliffs, esp. one showing basaltic columns; --
usually in pl., and orig. used as the name of the cliffs on
the west bank of the lower Hudson.


\Pal`i*sade"\, n. [F. palissade, cf. Sp. palizada, It.
palizzata, palizzo, LL. palissata; all fr. L. palus a stake,
pale. See {Pale} a stake.]
1. (Fort.) A strong, long stake, one end of which is set
   firmly in the ground, and the other is sharpened; also, a
   fence formed of such stakes set in the ground as a means
   of defense.

2. Any fence made of pales or sharp stakes.

{Palisade cells} (Bot.), vertically elongated parenchyma
   cells, such as are seen beneath the epidermis of the upper
   surface of many leaves.

{Palisade worm} (Zo["o]l.), a nematoid worm ({Strongylus
   armatus}), parasitic in the blood vessels of the horse, in
   which it produces aneurisms, often fatal.


\Pal`i*sade"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Palisaded}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Palisading}.] [Cf. F. palissader.]
To surround, inclose, or fortify, with palisades.

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