Palisade
/ˌpæl.ɪˈseɪd/noun
A fence or wall made of pointed wooden stakes, used as a defensive barrier.
Did you know?Palisade comes from Latin palus, meaning “stake,” and the same ancient root also lives in English words like pole, impale, and poll, all carrying the image of a sharpened point driven into place.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*pele-
“to drive or thrust”
Latin
Latin
palus
“stake, post”
Late Latin
Latin
pālīsāre
“to fence with stakes”
Old French
Old French
palissade
“a fence of stakes”
16th Century
English
palisade
“a defensive fence or stockade made of pointed stakes”
Modern English
English
palisade
“a fence or wall of wooden stakes used as a defense”