PALISADING

Verb

palisading

present participle of palisade

Noun

palisading (plural palisadings)

A row of palisades set in the ground.

Source: Wiktionary


Pal`i*sad"ing, n. Fort.

Definition: ) A row of palisades set in the ground.

PALISADE

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.

– Palisade worm (Zoöl.), 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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