Definition of "palisades" [palisades]

• Plural form of palisade. (noun)

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• "Throughout history, and during centuries of slavery, countless men, slaves who abandoned the plantations, lived in this region and also resisted the oppressors in the so-called palisades, places in the jungles and mountains where they sought refuge."
• "In one corner of the square formed by the palisades were the kitchen and offices."
• "In this quarter the palisades were the weakest, and the ground the least elevated; but it was guarded by men on whose skill with axe and shield"