Definition of "palisading" []

• Present participle of palisade. (verb)
• A row of palisades set in the ground. (noun)

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• "Lacedaemonians then in Thebes, he brought succour to his friends, and marched upon Thebes. 39 Finding the entire country fenced with ditch and palisading, he crossed"
• "Each set of men proceeded to pull down the palisading which faced themselves; further, they sent away all who were useless or who had enough to do to carry their burdens, with the mass of the heavy infantry accompanying them; the officers in each case leaving behind men whom they could severally depend on."
• "As soon as they came close enough, they began discharging spears and other missiles on the little body, who on their side continued to be wounded and shot down, but were quite unable to retaliate, cooped up as they were within a palisading barely six feet high, until in desperation they tore down their defences with their own hands, and dashed at the enemy."