MEANING
A defensive barrier made from a row of upright stakes or posts.
Use it for
hasty defenses; frontier camps; settlements protected by timberUse materials to distinguish an improvised stronghold from a stone castle.
Words that belong together
- wooden palisade
- breach a palisade
- raised palisade
On the page
They raised a palisade before digging the wells.
A missing post left the palisade open to a child but not a horse.
Rain loosened the earth beneath the palisade.
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Word forms
- Base
- palisade
Usage notes
Primary category: fantasy. More specific than a fence, and normally wooden in the historical defensive sense; a fortification that can be built relatively quickly. Noun: palisade; plural palisades.
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