battlement vs palisade

battlement

noun
  • Any high wall for defense. 

  • In fortification: an indented parapet, formed by a series of rising members called cops or merlons, separated by openings called crenelles or embrasures, the soldier sheltering himself behind the merlon while he fires through the embrasure or through a loophole in the battlement. 

  • The towering roof of heaven. 

palisade

noun
  • A wall of wooden stakes, used as a defensive barrier. 

  • An even row of cells. e.g.: palisade mesophyll cells. 

  • A line of cliffs, especially one showing basaltic columns. 

  • A long, strong stake, one end of which is set firmly in the ground, and the other sharpened. 

verb
  • To equip with a palisade. 

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