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“palisade” in Latin

The English word palisade itself goes back to Latin pālus.

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

palisade
vallum; pali (plur.); sudes: to erect a palisade, sudes stipitesque defigere: a large palisade, magnum numerum palorum instituere (Caes.).

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for palisade?
The usual Latin words for “palisade” are vallum, palūs, sūdō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.