Palisade
[,pælɪ'seɪd] or [,pælɪ'sed]
Definition
(noun.) fortification consisting of a strong fence made of stakes driven into the ground.
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Definition
(n.) 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.
(n.) Any fence made of pales or sharp stakes.
(v. t.) To surround, inclose, or fortify, with palisades.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of the palisades, denotes that you will alter well-formed plans to please strangers, and by so doing, you will impair your own interests.
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Examples
- A double stockade, or palisade, composed of pointed beams, which the adjacent forest supplied, defended the outer and inner bank of the trench. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- When Maurice came to himself, he was lying on the grass inside the palisade, and Crispin was bending over him with the greatest solicitude. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- The rest of the command coming up, a line was formed from the base of the upper palisade to the mouth of Chattanooga Creek. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- First, pull down the palisade. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- He built Hadrian's wall across Britain, and a palisade between the Rhine and the Danube. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It's a good idea, sir, said Dick, scratching his head; but suppose, when they get inside the palisade, they should come up the stair and find us here. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- All these Greeks have bare feet, so I think it 'ud be a good plan to strew the front of the palisade with broken glass, which would cut them up a bit. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Presently one of the blacks looked up, and beholding Tarzan, turned, shrieking, toward the palisade. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- And in the second place, they will think we have retreated up to the second palisade, so even if they stop there, we will have time to get to sea. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- For a moment he stood motionless, his quick, bright eyes scanning the interior of the palisade. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- At a given signal, they rushed wildly up the hill, shrieking like fiends, but recoiled in dismay as they saw the ruins of the palisade. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- A cry went up within the palisade. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- The natives in the field dropped their implements and broke madly for the palisade. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- In the outwork was a sallyport corresponding to the postern of the castle, and the whole was surrounded by a strong palisade. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- The hunting warriors emerged from the forest, and when all were within the palisade the gates were closed and barred. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- As is well known, the Hudson River, for the length of Manhattan Island, is approximately a mile wide, reducing in width at the Palisades north of Hoboken. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Every room on the west front looked across a lawn to the beginning of the avenue immediately beyond tall iron palisades and gates. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- As they passed by the Palisades it is said they sang Ye Banks and Braes o’ Bonny Doon. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- They began to make camps with walls of earth and palisades, many of which are still to be traced in the history-worn contours of the European scenery. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Many were wounded, of course, and some killed; but they soon reached the palisades. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
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