Palisade
Palisade , noun
[French palissade, compare Sp. palizada, Italian palizzata, palizzo, Late Latin palissata; all from Latin palus a stake, pale. See Pale a stake.]
1.
(Fortification) 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.
3.
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.
Collocations (2)
Palisade cells (Botany) , vertically elongated parenchyma cells, such as are seen beneath the epidermis of the upper surface of many leaves.
Palisade worm (Zoology) , a nematoid worm (Strongylus armatus), parasitic in the blood vessels of the horse, in which it produces aneurisms, often fatal.
Palisade , transitive verb
[Compare French palissader.]
To surround, inclose, or fortify, with palisades.