palisade en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French palissade, from Old French, from Old Occitan palissada, from palissa (“stake”), probably from pal (“stake”), or possibly from Gallo-Romance *pālīcea, from Latin pālus (“stake”) + -ade.
Meanings
- A long, strong stake, one end of which is set firmly in the ground, and the other sharpened.
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A wall of wooden stakes, used as a defensive barrier.
I realize how universal the desire to injure your fellow man is. … Only hear the government of laws and lawyers puts a palisade up. They can injure you a lot, make your life hideous, but they can't actually do you in.
1976 September, Saul Bellow, Humboldt’s Gift, New York, N.Y.: Avon Books, →ISBN, page 261: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:Before the clearing had been half crossed the Arabs opened up a withering fire from behind the palisade.
1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 135:
- A line of cliffs, especially one showing basaltic columns.
- An even row of cells, e.g., palisade mesophyll cells.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| palisades | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
palisadic · palisade-hedge · palisade mesophyll · palisade worm · Pacific Palisades · palisade-tree · palisade trench · impalisade · palisade tissue · palisade parenchyma · Willow Palisade · Palisades Park · palisade cell · pseudopalisade
Translations (60)
hi कटघरा (long, strong stake with sharpened head) · la vallum (wall of wooden stakes) · hi कटघरे (long, strong stake with sharpened head) · hi कटघरे (a line of cliffs) · es palizada (wall of wooden stakes) · pl ostrokół (wall of wooden stakes) · pl linia klifów (a line of cliffs) · mi taki (long, strong stake with sharpened head) · ca palissada (wall of wooden stakes) · hi कटघरे (wall of wooden stakes) · ru частоко́л (wall of wooden stakes) · cs palisáda (wall of wooden stakes) · fi paaluvarustus (wall of wooden stakes) · ru палиса́д (wall of wooden stakes) · mi hukahuka (wall of wooden stakes) · mi kereteki (wall of wooden stakes) · mi kiritangata (wall of wooden stakes) · mi pīwatawata (wall of wooden stakes) · bg отвесни скали (a line of cliffs) · it palizzata (wall of wooden stakes) · la sublica (wall of wooden stakes) · mi tīwatawata (wall of wooden stakes) · bg палисада (wall of wooden stakes) · fi palisadi (wall of wooden stakes) · ota شرانپول (wall of wooden stakes) · ro palancă (wall of wooden stakes) · fi paaluaita (wall of wooden stakes) · mi tātākaitaua (wall of wooden stakes) · hi कटघरा (wall of wooden stakes) · fi teroitettu paalu (long, strong stake with sharpened head) · mi pātūtū (wall of wooden stakes) · nl palissade (wall of wooden stakes) · mi reu (wall of wooden stakes) · fr palissade (wall of wooden stakes) · pl palisada (wall of wooden stakes) · mi takitaki (wall of wooden stakes) · sv palissad (wall of wooden stakes) · fi paalu (long, strong stake with sharpened head) · pt paliçada (wall of wooden stakes) · sv pålverk (wall of wooden stakes) · mi wītā (wall of wooden stakes) · mk палиса́да (wall of wooden stakes) · pl kołek (long, strong stake with sharpened head) · as হেঙাৰ (wall of wooden stakes) · pl częstokół (wall of wooden stakes) · grc χάραξ (wall of wooden stakes) · mi pekerangi (wall of wooden stakes) · sv palissad (long, strong stake with sharpened head) · et pihtaed (wall of wooden stakes) · eo palisaro (wall of wooden stakes) · la vallus (wall of wooden stakes) · ro palisadă (wall of wooden stakes) · de Palisade (wall of wooden stakes) · hu oszlopos (long, strong stake with sharpened head) · tr şarampol (wall of wooden stakes) · es estaca (long, strong stake with sharpened head) · bg кол (long, strong stake with sharpened head) · mi awhikiri (wall of wooden stakes) · es acantilados acantiladas (a line of cliffs) · hi कटघरा (a line of cliffs)