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