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- a fence of wooden stakes or iron railings fixed in the ground, forming an enclosure or defence木栅栏; 铁栏杆。
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- historical a strong pointed wooden stake fixed deeply in the ground with others in a close row, used as a defence〈史〉（防卫用的）尖桩栅栏。
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palisades
US a line of high cliffs〈美〉绝壁, 悬崖。
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the Palisades
a ridge of high basalt cliffs on the west bank of the Hudson River, in NE New Jersey河边岩壁（指新泽西州东北哈得孙河西岸的玄武岩绝壁）。
词源
early 17th cent.: from French palissade, from Provençal palissada, from palissa 'paling'， based on Latin palus 'stake'.