They lived near the ocean, at the top of a steep palisade.
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Palisade
//ˌpæ.lɪˈseɪd//
Synonyms for "palisade" (99 found)
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53 translations across 23 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- χάραξ noun (wall of wooden stakes)
Assamese
1 entries- হেঙাৰ noun (wall of wooden stakes)
Bulgarian
3 entries- кол noun (long, strong stake with sharpened head)
- отвесни скали noun (a line of cliffs)
- палисада noun (wall of wooden stakes)
Catalan
1 entries- palissada noun (wall of wooden stakes)
Czech
1 entries- palisáda noun (wall of wooden stakes)
Dutch
1 entries- palissade noun (wall of wooden stakes)
Estonian
1 entries- pihtaed noun (wall of wooden stakes)
Finnish
4 entries- paalu noun (long, strong stake with sharpened head)
- paaluaita noun (wall of wooden stakes)
- paaluvarustus noun (wall of wooden stakes)
- palisadi noun (wall of wooden stakes)
French
1 entries- palissade noun (wall of wooden stakes)
German
1 entries- Palisade noun (wall of wooden stakes)
Hungarian
1 entries- oszlopos noun (long, strong stake with sharpened head)
Italian
1 entries- palizzata noun (wall of wooden stakes)
Latin
3 entries- sublica noun (wall of wooden stakes)
- vallum noun (wall of wooden stakes)
- vallus noun (wall of wooden stakes)
Macedonian
1 entries- палиса́да noun (wall of wooden stakes)
Māori
4 entries- awhikiri noun (wall of wooden stakes)
- hukahuka noun (wall of wooden stakes)
- kereteki noun (wall of wooden stakes)
- kiritangata noun (wall of wooden stakes)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- شرانپول noun (wall of wooden stakes)
Polish
4 entries- częstokół noun (wall of wooden stakes)
- kołek noun (long, strong stake with sharpened head)
- linia klifów noun (a line of cliffs)
- ostrokół noun (wall of wooden stakes)
Portuguese
1 entries- paliçada noun (wall of wooden stakes)
Romanian
2 entries- palancă noun (wall of wooden stakes)
- palisadă noun (wall of wooden stakes)
Russian
2 entries- палиса́д noun (wall of wooden stakes)
- частоко́л noun (wall of wooden stakes)
Spanish
3 entries- acantilados acantiladas noun (a line of cliffs)
- estaca noun (long, strong stake with sharpened head)
- palizada noun (wall of wooden stakes)
Swedish
3 entries- palissad noun (long, strong stake with sharpened head)
- palissad noun (wall of wooden stakes)
- pålverk noun (wall of wooden stakes)
Turkish
1 entries- şarampol noun (wall of wooden stakes)
Sample sentences
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Rumors spread that the forger had bribed the guards at the palisade with expertly faked coins, buying himself safe passage.
Source: tatoeba (13639240)
The settlers built a rough wooden palisade around the camp for protection.
Source: tatoeba (13639243)
A weathered palisade still marks the boundary of the old fort.
Source: tatoeba (13639244)
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