'Palisade' definitions:
Definition of 'palisade'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Palisade'
From: GCIDE
- Palisade \Pal`i*sade"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Palisaded; p. pr. & vb. n. Palisading.] [Cf. F. palissader.] To surround, inclose, or fortify, with palisades. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Palisade'
From: GCIDE
- Palisade \Pal`i*sade"\, 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]
Synonyms of 'palisade'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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
Palisade, NE -- U.S. village in Nebraska
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
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.
Palisade, CO -- U.S. town in Colorado
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
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.
Palisade, MN -- U.S. city in Minnesota
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
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.