Palisade

 WORD OF THE DAY

palisade / noun / pal-uh-SAYD

Definition
1a: a fence of stakes especially for defense
1b: a long strong stake pointed at the top and set close with others as a defense
2: a line of bold cliffs
3: to fortify with palisades

Examples
"The fort was built high, with a palisade, or staked fence, which was perhaps as high as 14 feet."
— Scott Desmit, The Daily News (New York), 26 Oct. 2021

It was surrounded by a palisade of wooden posts that eventually decayed, leading the mound to collapse.
— Isis Davis-marks, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Aug. 2021

Did You Know
Palisade derives via French from the Latin noun palus, meaning "stake."
The word originally applied to one of a series of stakes set in a row to form an enclosure or fortification. "The Palisades" is also the name given to the line of traprock cliffs that stretches for about 15 miles along the western bank of the Hudson River in southeastern New York and northern New Jersey.
Purportedly, these cliffs got their name from the resemblance of the tall rocks to rows of stakes or trees, although who exactly came up with the name is a matter of dispute.
Before long "palisade" came to refer to any similar formation of tall cliffs.