palisade
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From French palissade, from Old French, from Old Provençal palissada, from palissa (“stake”), from Gallo-Romance *pālīcea, from Latin pālus (“stake”).
[edit] Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -eɪd
[edit] Noun
palisade (plural palisades)
- A wall of wooden stakes, used as a defensive barrier
- A line of cliffs
- (biology) An even row of cells. e.g.: palisade mesophyll cells.
[edit] Translations
a wall of wooden stakes
a line of cliffs
[edit] Verb
palisade (third-person singular simple present palisades, present participle palisading, simple past and past participle palisaded)
- (transitive, usually in the passive) To equip with a palisade.
