What is another word for palisades?

Pronunciation: [pˈalɪsˌe͡ɪdz] (IPA)

The term "palisades" typically indicates a series of fence-like structures that are erected vertically to protect an area, usually in the form of a fortification or as a means of defense. There are various synonymous terms used for palisades, including stockade, barricade, fence, barrier, paling, and wall. A stockade is a wooden enclosure made from upright logs, similar to palisades. Barricade is commonly used to describe a structure that is hastily erected to stop the progress of an invading force. A fence and a barrier can be established for different purposes, such as to prevent the passage of people or animals. Paling and wall are also used as synonyms for palisades to indicate the same purpose of protecting a certain area.

What are the hypernyms for Palisades?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Palisades

The little Duke asked when he would let him have a sword; and the Constable clapped his cheeks and ran back cheerfully at a call from the palisades.
"Moonshine & Clover"
Laurence Housman
And away inland, beyond the palisades and under the entrenched camp of the besiegers, the ground pitched and rocked, so that every tent fell grovelling; and whenever the ground gaped, captains and men-at-arms were swallowed down in detachments.
"Moonshine & Clover"
Laurence Housman
Heads could be seen peering over the palisades, and another body of warriors came swarming from its gates.
"The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley"
Bertram Mitford

Famous quotes with Palisades

  • What breadth, what beauty and power of human nature and development there must be in a woman to get over all the palisades, all the fences, within which she is held captive!
    Alexander Herzen
  • The Soldier is a farmer. He knows how to shape the earth. He is a carpenter; he erects ramparts and palisades. A miner, he digs trenches and tunnels; a mason, he chisels a road from a sheer face of stone. The Soldier is a physician who performs surgery without anesthetic, a priest who inters the dead without psalm. He is a philosopher who plumbs the mysteries of existence, a linguist who pronounces "pussy" in a dozen tongues. He is an architect and a demolition man, a fire brigadier and an incendiary. He is a beast who dwells in the dirt, a worm, owning a mouth and an anus and aught but appetite in between.
    Steven Pressfield

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