palisade

IPA: pæɫɪsˈeɪd

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

Examples of "palisade" in Sentences

At the platform atop the palisade, we found Darting Snake.
He considered the warriors guarding the palisade gate, his broad face thoughtful.
Under some bushes by the palisade was a ladder of rope, the rungs, however, of wood.
In the palisade was a mighty breach, not an entrance-way, wide enough to admit six Daniel Lamberts abreast.
The king ordered the Agrianians and the archers from Crete inside the palisade, but kept his infantry in reserve.
The palisade is an open structure which would not have been defensive and was too high to be practical for controlling livestock.
Around all these houses they put a triple palisade, that is three rows of stout, sharpened stakes, driven deep into the ground and rising full six feet above it.
To the delight of many, Gary correctly spelled "palisade" as the rest of the competitors, in a tense tie-breaker, fell by the wayside stumbling over words such as "usurper", "purloin" and
Without the palisade was a space of waste land, marsh and thicket, tapering to the narrow strip of sand and scrub joining the peninsula to the forest, and here and there upon this waste ground rose a mean house, dwelt in by the poorer sort.
If there were guards posted in the watchtower, he could not see them from the covered porch because although the palisade was a simple pole structure, the gate itself had a doubled entry-way: You had to enter through the outer gate into a small, confined area, where you waited for the inner gate to be opened to admit you to the town.