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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
palisado .
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Examples
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I agreed to this readily; and they had a little plot of ground allotted to them, where they had three tents or houses set up, surrounded with a basket-work, palisadoed like Atkins's, adjoining to his plantation.
The Further Adventures Of Robinson Crusoe Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731. Robinson Crusoe 1958
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This similitude was increased by a house on the further extremity of the village: it was situated in a lawn, and entirely girt around by walnut trees except where it fronted the road, upon which it opened by a neat palisadoed gate.
Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Provinces of Provence and Languedoc in the Years 1807 and 1808 Lt-Col. Pinkney
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It was built of tappy, with four bastions, surrounded by a quadrangular rampart, and a palisadoed ditch, which included also the King's stores, and two large buildings of brick and timber.
An Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of the Colonies of South Carolina and Georgia, Volume 2 Alexander Hewatt
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He provided a table sixty feet in diameter, upon which I was to act my part, and palisadoed it around three feet from the edge, and as many high, to prevent my falling over.
Gulliver's Travels 1896
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The French, however, were aware of the importance of the position, and had erected on the higher Teson an inclosed and palisadoed redoubt, mounting two guns and a howitzer.
The Young Buglers 1867
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This was commanded by a strong brick-house, with a palisadoed garden, which Colonel Stuart intended as a protection, if too much pressed by cavalry.
Our Own Third Reader: for the Use of Schools and Families 1862
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The enemy in the meantime recovered in a measure from their confusion, and opened a fire from every window of the brick house, and from the palisadoed garden.
Our Own Third Reader: for the Use of Schools and Families 1862
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Here at last, by dint of perseverance, we had the satisfaction of seeing the palisadoed royal abode.
What Led to the Discovery of the Source of the Nile John Hanning Speke 1845
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His ground was altogether in wood, but, at a small distance, in the rear of his line, was an open field, on the edge of which stood a strong brick dwelling, with offices, out-houses, and a palisadoed garden, in all of which a stout resistance might be made.
The Life of Francis Marion Simms, William Gilmore, 1806-1870 1844
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The sea breaks upon this coast against a palisadoed fence of rocks and cliffs, around which swarm flocks of polar birds with cries and screams.
Strife and Peace Fredrika Bremer 1833
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