n. - A strong, long stake, one end of which is set firmly in the ground, and the other is sharpened; also, a fence formed of such stakes set in the ground as a means of defense.
n. - Any fence made of pales or sharp stakes.
v. t. - To surround, inclose, or fortify, with palisades.
n. - A line of bold cliffs, esp. one showing basaltic columns; -- usually in pl., and orig. used as the name of the cliffs on the west bank of the lower Hudson.