a rampart composed of piles.

gen. A fence or material obstruction of any kind erected (or serving) to bar the advance of persons… originally. A palisade or stockade erected to…

Chiefly Scottish. A palisade or fence formed of stakes; a stockade; a stockaded or palisaded (and often moated) enclosure, frequently as the outer…

plural. Outer line of fortification, formed of stakes; palisades, barriers.

Originally: a fence made of wooden pales or stakes fixed in the ground, forming an enclosure or defence. Subsequently also: a fence made of metal…

= stockade, n. 1.

A defensive barrier of stakes or piles placed across a harbour or river, around a building, village, and the like; spec. in Fortification, a…

Fortification. A palisade, made horizontal or slightly inclining to the horizon, placed for defence round a work near the berm.

North American. A fence or barrier made of these; a stockade. Now rare.

An arrangement of stakes for defence.

In the Sudan and adjacent parts of Africa, A fence or enclosure, usually constructed of thorn-bushes, for defence against the attacks of enemies or…

East African and South African. An enclosure surrounded by a fence or stockade, used for keeping animals. Later also: (in hotels, holiday resorts…