palissade — meaning in English

English meaning

• pale adjective Light in color, or lacking the usual color, especially in the face.
• palisade noun A fence of strong stakes or iron bars set upright in the ground, built as a defense or barrier.
• stockade noun A defensive fence or enclosure made of upright wooden posts.

Senses

palissade is used for these senses in English:

• pale (archaic) A fence made from wooden stake; palisade.
• palisade (military) A wall of wooden stakes, used as a defensive barrier.
• stockade (military) An enclosure protected by a wall of wooden posts.

pale — full definition

1. adjective Light in color, or lacking the usual color, especially in the face.
2. verb To become pale, especially from shock, fear, or illness.
3. verb To seem weaker or less impressive by comparison.
4. noun The historical phrase "beyond the pale," meaning outside acceptable limits or boundaries.

palisade — full definition

1. noun A fence of strong stakes or iron bars set upright in the ground, built as a defense or barrier.
2. noun A line of tall cliffs, especially ones with a striking vertical, column-like face along a river. Usually in the plural.
3. noun In botany, the layer of tall, closely packed cells just below the upper surface of a leaf where most photosynthesis happens. Usually palisade layer or palisade mesophyll.

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