[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

palisade \pal`isade"\, n. 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.
      1913 webster

   2. any fence made of pales or sharp stakes.
      1913 webster

   3. a line of bold cliffs, esp. one showing basaltic columns;
      -- usually in pl., and orig. used as the name of the
      cliffs on the west bank of the lower hudson.
      webster 1913 suppl.

   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.
      1913 webster
see also:
pale palisade cells palisade worm strongylus armatus 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

palisade \pal`isade"\, v. t. imp.  p. p. palisaded; p. pr.
    vb. n. palisading. cf. f. palissader.
   to surround, inclose, or fortify, with palisades.
   1913 webster
see also:
palisaded palisading 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

palisade
     n : fortification consisting of a strong fence made of stakes
         driven into the ground
     v : surround with a wall in order to fortify syn: wall, fence,
          fence in, surround
see also:
wall fence fence in surround 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

93 moby thesaurus words for "palisade":
   abatis, advanced work, arm, armor, armor-plate, balistraria, bank,
   banquette, bar, barbed-wire entanglement, barbican, barricade,
   barrier, bartizan, bastion, battle, battlement, blockade, bluff,
   breastwork, bulkhead in, bulwark, casemate, castellate,
   cheval-de-frise, circumvallation, cliff, contravallation,
   counterscarp, crag, crenellate, curtain, demibastion, dig in, dike,
   drawbridge, earthwork, embattle, enclosure, entanglement, entrench,
   escarp, escarpment, face, fence, fieldwork, fortalice,
   fortification, fortify, garrison, glacis, hedge, hem, leg,
   loophole, lunette, machicolation, man, man the garrison, mantelet,
   merlon, mine, mound, outwork, pale, palisades, parados, parapet,
   peg, picket, pile, portcullis, postern gate, precipice, rail,
   rampart, ravelin, redan, redoubt, sally port, scar, scarp, sconce,
   shank, spile, stake, steep, stockade, tenaille, vallation, vallum,
   wall, work

[5] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

palisade, co town, fips 56970
  location: 39.10745 n, 108.35778 w
  population 1990: 1871 847 housing units
  area: 2.1 sq km land, 0.0 sq km water
  zip codes: 81526
palisade, mn city, fips 49498
  location: 46.71313 n, 93.49072 w
  population 1990: 144 77 housing units
  area: 0.9 sq km land, 0.0 sq km water
  zip codes: 56469
palisade, ne village, fips 38120
  location: 40.34841 n, 101.10669 w
  population 1990: 381 191 housing units
  area: 0.9 sq km land, 0.0 sq km water
  zip codes: 69040

[6] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

palisade, ne -- u.s. village in nebraska
   population 2000:    386
   housing units 2000: 188
   land area 2000:     0.356859 sq. miles 0.924260 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.000000 sq. miles 0.000000 sq. km
   total area 2000:    0.356859 sq. miles 0.924260 sq. km
   fips code:            38130
   located within:       nebraska ne, fips 31
   location:             40.348408 n, 101.107126 w
   zip codes 1990:     69040
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    palisade, ne
    palisade

[7] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

palisade, co -- u.s. town in colorado
   population 2000:    2579
   housing units 2000: 1117
   land area 2000:     1.074809 sq. miles 2.783743 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.010805 sq. miles 0.027986 sq. km
   total area 2000:    1.085614 sq. miles 2.811729 sq. km
   fips code:            56970
   located within:       colorado co, fips 08
   location:             39.109335 n, 108.354277 w
   zip codes 1990:     81526
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    palisade, co
    palisade

[8] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

palisade, mn -- u.s. city in minnesota
   population 2000:    118
   housing units 2000: 67
   land area 2000:     0.454019 sq. miles 1.175903 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.000000 sq. miles 0.000000 sq. km
   total area 2000:    0.454019 sq. miles 1.175903 sq. km
   fips code:            49498
   located within:       minnesota mn, fips 27
   location:             46.712784 n, 93.489425 w
   zip codes 1990:     56469
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    palisade, mn
    palisade

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