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palisade
palisade
7 definitions found
for palisade
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Palisade \Pal`i*sade"\, n. [F. palissade, cf. Sp. palizada, It.
palizzata, palizzo, LL. palissata; all fr. L. palus a stake,
pale. See Pale a stake.]
1. (Fort.) A strong, long stake, one end of which is set
firmly in the ground, and the other is sharpened; also, a
fence formed of such stakes set in the ground as a means
of defense.
[1913 Webster]
2. Any fence made of pales or sharp stakes.
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3. A line of bold cliffs, esp. one showing basaltic columns;
-- usually in pl., and orig. used as the name of the
cliffs on the west bank of the lower Hudson.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Palisade cells (Bot.), vertically elongated parenchyma
cells, such as are seen beneath the epidermis of the upper
surface of many leaves.
Palisade worm (Zool.), a nematoid worm ({Strongylus
armatus), parasitic in the blood vessels of the horse, in
which it produces aneurisms, often fatal.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Palisade \Pal`i*sade"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Palisaded; p. pr. & vb. n. Palisading.] [Cf. F. palissader.] To surround, inclose, or fortify, with palisades. [1913 Webster]From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
palisade
n 1: fortification consisting of a strong fence made of stakes
driven into the ground
v 1: surround with a wall in order to fortify [syn: wall,
palisade, fence, fence in, surround]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
93 Moby Thesaurus words for "palisade":
abatis, advanced work, arm, armor, armor-plate, balistraria, bank,
banquette, bar, barbed-wire entanglement, barbican, barricade,
barrier, bartizan, bastion, battle, battlement, blockade, bluff,
breastwork, bulkhead in, bulwark, casemate, castellate,
cheval-de-frise, circumvallation, cliff, contravallation,
counterscarp, crag, crenellate, curtain, demibastion, dig in, dike,
drawbridge, earthwork, embattle, enclosure, entanglement, entrench,
escarp, escarpment, face, fence, fieldwork, fortalice,
fortification, fortify, garrison, glacis, hedge, hem, leg,
loophole, lunette, machicolation, man, man the garrison, mantelet,
merlon, mine, mound, outwork, pale, palisades, parados, parapet,
peg, picket, pile, portcullis, postern gate, precipice, rail,
rampart, ravelin, redan, redoubt, sally port, scar, scarp, sconce,
shank, spile, stake, steep, stockade, tenaille, vallation, vallum,
wall, work
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) :
Palisade, NE -- U.S. village in Nebraska
Population (2000): 386
Housing Units (2000): 188
Land area (2000): 0.356859 sq. miles (0.924260 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.356859 sq. miles (0.924260 sq. km)
FIPS code: 38130
Located within: Nebraska (NE), FIPS 31
Location: 40.348408 N, 101.107126 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 69040
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Palisade, NE
Palisade
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) :
Palisade, CO -- U.S. town in Colorado
Population (2000): 2579
Housing Units (2000): 1117
Land area (2000): 1.074809 sq. miles (2.783743 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.010805 sq. miles (0.027986 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.085614 sq. miles (2.811729 sq. km)
FIPS code: 56970
Located within: Colorado (CO), FIPS 08
Location: 39.109335 N, 108.354277 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 81526
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Palisade, CO
Palisade
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) :
Palisade, MN -- U.S. city in Minnesota
Population (2000): 118
Housing Units (2000): 67
Land area (2000): 0.454019 sq. miles (1.175903 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.454019 sq. miles (1.175903 sq. km)
FIPS code: 49498
Located within: Minnesota (MN), FIPS 27
Location: 46.712784 N, 93.489425 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 56469
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Palisade, MN
Palisade