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PALISADE
palisade
(noun) fortification consisting of a strong fence made of stakes driven into the ground
wall, palisade, fence, fence in, surround
(verb) surround with a wall in order to fortify
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
palisade (plural palisades)
A 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.
A line of cliffs, especially one showing basaltic columns.
(biology) An even row of cells. e.g.: palisade mesophyll cells.
Verb
palisade (third-person singular simple present palisades, present participle palisading, simple past and past participle palisaded)
(transitive, usually in the passive) To equip with a palisade.
Source: Wiktionary
Pal`i*sade", n. Etym: [F. palissade, cf. Sp. palizada, It. palizzata, palizzo, LL. palissata; all fr. L. palus a stake, pale. See Pale a stake.]
1. (Fort.)
Definition: 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. Palisade cells (Bot.), vertically elongated parenchyma cells, such as are seen beneath the epidermis of the upper surface of many leaves.
РPalisade worm (Zo̦l.), a nematoid worm (Strongylus armatus), parasitic in the blood vessels of the horse, in which it produces aneurisms, often fatal.
Pal`i*sade", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Palisaded; p. pr. & vb. n. Palisading.] Etym: [Cf. F. palissader.]
Definition: To surround, inclose, or fortify, with palisades.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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