palisade

Meaning

Noun

1. A long, strong stake, one end of which is set firmly in the ground, and the other sharpened.
2. A wall of wooden stakes, used as a defensive barrier.
3. A line of cliffs, especially one showing basaltic columns.
4. An even row of cells, e.g., palisade mesophyll cells.

Verb

To equip with a palisade.

Synonyms

fence

paling

stockade

wall

fort

pale

picket

fence in

stake

surround

hedge

barrier

pale fencing

cliff

enclosure

fortress

grating

railing

rampart

shelter

fence rail

railings

stockae

Translations

palissade

Palisade

palissade

schutting

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paliçada

paalwerk

staketsel

palizzata

empalizada

vallum

çit

estacada

estacada

palissada

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌpælɪˈseɪd/

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French palissade, from Old French, from Old Occitan palissada, from palissa (“stake”), probably from pal (“stake”), or possibly from Gallo-Romance *pālīcea, from Latin pālus (“stake”) + -ade.