pallisade

English

Noun

pallisade (plural pallisades)

1. Obsolete form of palisade.
   • 1784, James Cook, A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean:

     Small offerings of fruit and roots seemed to be daily made at this shrine, as some pieces were quite fresh. These were deposited upon a whatta, or altar, which stood without the pallisades; and within these we were not permitted to enter.

   • 2017, Mary-Ann Ochota, Hidden Histories: A spotter's guide to the British landscape, Quarto Publishing, page 24:

     The earliest hillforts had a single line of defences comprising a timber pallisade wall on top of an earth bank with an external ditch.

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