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Webster 1913 Edition

Palisade

Palˊi-sade′

,
Noun.
[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.
2.
Any fence made of pales or sharp stakes.
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.

Palˊi-sade′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Palisaded
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Palisading
.]
[Cf. F.
palissader
.]
To surround, inclose, or fortify, with palisades.

Webster 1828 Edition

Palisade

PALISA'DE

,
Noun.
A fence or fortification consisting of a row of stakes or posts sharpened and set firmly in the ground. In fortification, the posts are set two or three inches apart, parallel to the parapet in the covered way, to prevent a surprise.
Palisades serve also to fortify the avenues of open forts, gorges, half-moons, the bottom of ditches, &c.

PALISA'DE

,
Verb.
T.
To surround, inclose or fortify with stakes or posts.

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