Palisade Palisade

Palisade - Definition and Overview

Related Words: Arm, Armor, Bank, Bar, Barbican, Bastion, Battle, Battlement, Blockade, Bluff, Casemate, Circumvallation, Cliff, Contravallation

A palisade is a Medieval wooden fence. It was constructed most often around castles as a temporary wall until a permanent stone wall could be created.

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