palisade

Etymology

From French palissade, from Old French, from Old Occitan palissada, from palissa (“stake”), from Gallo-Romance *pālīcea, from Latin pālus (“stake”).

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• Rhymes: -eɪd

Noun

palisade (plural palisades)

1. A long, strong stake, one end of which is set firmly in the ground, and the other sharpened.
2. A wall of wooden stakes, used as a defensive barrier.
3. A line of cliffs, especially one showing basaltic columns.
4. (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)

1. (transitive, usually in the passive) To equip with a palisade.

Etymology

Borrowed from French palissade.

Noun

palisade c (singular definite palisaden, plural indefinite palisader)

1. palisade (stick)
2. palisade (wall of sticks)

References

• “palisade” in Den Danske Ordbog