palisade

pal·i·sade

P0024500 (păl′ĭ-sād′)n.1. a. A fence of pales forming a defense barrier or fortification.b. One of the pales of such a fence.2. palisades A line of lofty steep cliffs, usually along a river.tr.v. pal·i·sad·ed, pal·i·sad·ing, pal·i·sades To equip or fortify with palisades or a palisade.

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[French palissade, from Old French, from Old Provençal palissada, from palissa, stake, from Vulgar Latin *pālīcea, from Latin pālus; see pag- in Indo-European roots.]

palisade

(ˌpælɪˈseɪd) n1. a strong fence made of stakes driven into the ground, esp for defence2. one of the stakes used in such a fence3. (Botany) botany a layer of elongated mesophyll cells containing many chloroplasts, situated below the outer epidermis of a leaf bladevb (tr) to enclose with a palisade[C17: via French, from Old Provençal palissada, ultimately from Latin pālus stake; see pale², pole¹]

pal•i•sade

(ˌpæl əˈseɪd)

n., v. -sad•ed, -sad•ing. n. 1. a fence of pales or stakes set firmly in the ground, as for enclosure or defense. 2. a pale or stake pointed at the top and set firmly in the ground in a close row with others to form a defense. 3. palisades, a line of cliffs. v.t. 4. to furnish or fortify with a palisade. [1590–1600; < French palissade, Middle French < Old Provençal palissada <paliss(a) paling, derivative of pal stake, pale²]

Palisade

 anything resembling or likened to a row of stakes.Examples: palisade of cliffs, 1850; of ice-pinnacles, 1871; of mountains, 1865; of shrubs; of stakes, 1832; of stiff hairs, 1713; of teeth, 1796; of trees.

palisade

Past participle: palisaded
Gerund: palisading

Imperative
palisade
palisade

Present
I palisade
you palisade
he/she/it palisades
we palisade
you palisade
they palisade

Preterite
I palisaded
you palisaded
he/she/it palisaded
we palisaded
you palisaded
they palisaded

Present Continuous
I am palisading
you are palisading
he/she/it is palisading
we are palisading
you are palisading
they are palisading

Present Perfect
I have palisaded
you have palisaded
he/she/it has palisaded
we have palisaded
you have palisaded
they have palisaded

Past Continuous
I was palisading
you were palisading
he/she/it was palisading
we were palisading
you were palisading
they were palisading

Past Perfect
I had palisaded
you had palisaded
he/she/it had palisaded
we had palisaded
you had palisaded
they had palisaded

Future
I will palisade
you will palisade
he/she/it will palisade
we will palisade
you will palisade
they will palisade

Future Perfect
I will have palisaded
you will have palisaded
he/she/it will have palisaded
we will have palisaded
you will have palisaded
they will have palisaded

Future Continuous
I will be palisading
you will be palisading
he/she/it will be palisading
we will be palisading
you will be palisading
they will be palisading

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been palisading
you have been palisading
he/she/it has been palisading
we have been palisading
you have been palisading
they have been palisading

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been palisading
you will have been palisading
he/she/it will have been palisading
we will have been palisading
you will have been palisading
they will have been palisading

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been palisading
you had been palisading
he/she/it had been palisading
we had been palisading
you had been palisading
they had been palisading

Conditional
I would palisade
you would palisade
he/she/it would palisade
we would palisade
you would palisade
they would palisade

Past Conditional
I would have palisaded
you would have palisaded
he/she/it would have palisaded
we would have palisaded
you would have palisaded
they would have palisaded

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	palisade - fortification consisting of a strong fence made of stakes driven into the groundfortification, munition - defensive structure consisting of walls or mounds built around a stronghold to strengthen it
Verb	1.	palisade - surround with a wall in order to fortifywall, fence in, surround, fenceprotect - shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage; "Weatherbeater protects your roof from the rain"stockade - surround with a stockade in order to fortifycircumvallate - surround with or as if with a rampart or other fortification

palisade

noun fence, defence, paling, enclosure, bulwark, stockade a stout wooden palisade enclosing the yard

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