palisade
A long, strong stake, one end of which is set firmly in the ground, and the other sharpened.
Other meanings
A wall of wooden stakes, used as a defensive barrier.
A line of cliffs, especially one showing basaltic columns.
A kind of
- fortification
Kinds of palisade
- slate fence
Related words
- impalisade
- pseudopalisade
- Pacific Palisades
- palisade cell
- palisade worm
- palisadic
- palisade tissue
- palisade mesophyll
- palisade trench
- palisade-hedge
- palisade-tree
- palisade parenchyma
Word history
From Latin "pālus" (stake).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “palisade” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.