Definitions for Palisades

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Palisades Pal·i·sades

Spelling: [pal-uh-seydz]

IPA: /ˌpæl əˈseɪdz/

Palisades is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 449 anagrams from letters in Palisades (aadeilpss).

Definitions for Palisades

noun

1. the line of cliffs in NE New Jersey and SE New York extending along the W bank of the lower Hudson River. About 15 miles (24 km) long; 300–500 feet (91–152 meters) high.
2. a fence of pales or stakes set firmly in the ground, as for enclosure or defense.
3. any of a number of pales or stakes pointed at the top and set firmly in the ground in a close row with others to form a defense.
4. Botany. palisade parenchyma.
5. palisades, a line of cliffs.

verb (used with object)

1. to furnish or fortify with a palisade.

Origin of Palisades

1590-1600; French palissade Old Provençal palissada, equivalent to paliss(a) paling (derivative of pal stake, pale²) + -ada -ade

Examples for Palisades

Not by threats can he compel them to help mend the breaches in the Palisades.

He taught them how to surround their village with Palisades, and influenced them to build a fort with intrenchments.

All the weaker places were strengthened by means of Palisades.

The Vendeans had no axes to cut down the Palisades, nor powder to blow then in.

This landscape is from the Palisades, where we have roamed in leisure hours.

They found that they had arrived in front of some Palisades.

The Palisades were of iron, though the tops were tipped with gilding, and they were very high.

They gained the first and second Palisades at the point of the sword.

They turned into a sort of lane that led below the Palisades.

But the rough bush lopers inside the Palisades were expert marksmen.