vallus — meaning in English
Latin → English · translate English → Latin instead
English meaning
- palisade noun A fence of strong stakes or iron bars set upright in the ground, built as a defence or barrier.
Senses
vallus is used for these senses in English:
- palisade (military) A wall of wooden stakes, used as a defensive barrier.
palisade — full definition
- noun A fence of strong stakes or iron bars set upright in the ground, built as a defence or barrier.
- noun A line of tall cliffs, especially ones with a striking vertical, column-like face along a river. Usually in the plural.
- 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.