palisade
A long, strong stake, one end of which is set firmly in the ground, and the other…A long, strong stake, one end of which is set firmly in the ground, and the other sharpened.
» A weathered palisade still marks the boundary of the old fort.
Meaning
4 sensesA long, strong stake, one end of which is set firmly in the ground, and the other sharpened.
A wall of wooden stakes, used as a defensive barrier.
Palisade
палиса́дpalisád, частоко́лčastokól
A line of cliffs, especially one showing basaltic columns.
An even row of cells, e.g., palisade mesophyll cells.
- fortification consisting of a strong fence made of stakes driven into the ground
Examples
5 sentencesA weathered palisade still marks the boundary of the old fort.
They lived near the ocean, at the top of a steep palisade.
The settlers built a rough wooden palisade around the camp for protection.
The dragon's fire washed over the enchanted palisade and broke apart in a shower of harmless sparks.
Rumors spread that the forger had bribed the guards at the palisade with expertly faked coins, buying himself safe passage.
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 1
Origin
Borrowed from Middle French palissade, from Old French, from Old Occitan palissada, from pBorrowed 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.
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source