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pallisade

pallisade is the obsolete form of palisade.

Meaning of palisade

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.
    • We had soon touched land in the same place as before and set to provision the blockhouse. All three made the first journey, heavily laden, and tossed our stores over the palisade.1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC
  3. A line of cliffs, especially one showing basaltic columns.
  4. An even row of cells, e.g., palisade mesophyll cells.

See all 6 meanings of palisade

Forms of pallisade

pluralpallisades

Questions about pallisade

What is pallisade the obsolete form of?
Pallisade is the obsolete form of palisade.

Words near pallisade in the dictionary

  1. palling on
  2. palling up
  3. pallingly
  4. palliobranchiate
  5. Pallion
  6. pallisade
  7. pallisades
  8. pallisado
  9. pallisadoed
  10. pallisadoes
  11. pallisados

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