A barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence
An obstacle, barrier, or bulwark.
A place of confrontation.
to close or block a road etc., using a barricade
to keep someone in (or out), using a blockade, especially ships in a port
A vertical band down the middle of a shield.
Limits, bounds (especially before of).
A cheese scoop.
The bounds of morality, good behaviour or judgment in civilized company, in the phrase beyond the pale.
A wooden stake; a picket.
To make pale; to diminish the brightness of.
To turn pale; to lose colour.
To enclose with pales, or as if with pales; to encircle or encompass; to fence off.
To become insignificant.
Feeble, faint.
Light in color.
Having a pallor (a light color, especially due to sickness, shock, fright etc.).