Palisade

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪd

Origin

From French palissade, from Old French, from Old Provencal palissada, from palissa ("stake"), from Gallo-Romance *pālīcea, from Latin pālus ("stake").

Full definition of palisade

Noun

1. A long, strong stake, one end of which is set firmly in the ground, and the other sharpened.
2. A wall of wooden stakes, used as a defensive barrier
3. A line of cliffs
4. (biology) An even row of cells. e.g.: palisade mesophyll cells.

Derived terms

• palisade worm

Verb

1. (transitive, usually in the passive) To equip with a palisade.