palisade

[ pal-uh-seyd ]
/ ˌpæl əˈseɪd /
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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

Words nearby palisade

palingenesist, palinka, palinode, palinopsia, paliphrasia, palisade, palisade cell, palisade layer, palisade parenchyma, palisades, palisades park

Words related to palisade

slope, fence, barrier, bluff, defense, stockade, enclosure, cliff

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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

Word Origin for palisade

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