palisade
To equip with a palisadeTo equip with a palisade.
» A weathered palisade still marks the boundary of the old fort.
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1 senses(also, passive, usually)To equip with a palisade.
- surround with a wall in order to fortify
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.
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.
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Forms
palisades, palisading, palisaded, palisadedSynonyms
4 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.