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Balustrade vs Palisade - What's the difference?

balustrade | palisade |

As nouns the difference between balustrade and palisade

is that balustrade is a row of balusters topped by a rail, serving as an open parapet, as along the edge of a balcony, terrace, bridge, staircase, or the eaves of a building while palisade is a long, strong stake, one end of which is set firmly in the ground, and the other sharpened.

As a verb palisade is

to equip with a palisade.

balustrade

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (architecture) A row of balusters topped by a rail, serving as an open parapet, as along the edge of a balcony, terrace, bridge, staircase, or the eaves of a building.
  • * 1956 — , The City and the Stars , p 45
  • The Jester sat down on one of the marble balustrades and regarded Alvin with a curious intentness.

    Hypernyms

    *parapet

    Noun

    (f)
  • palisade

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A long, strong stake, one end of which is set firmly in the ground, and the other sharpened.
  • A wall of wooden stakes, used as a defensive barrier
  • A line of cliffs
  • (biology) An even row of cells. e.g.: palisade mesophyll cells.
  • Derived terms

    * palisade worm

    Verb

    (palisad)
  • (usually in the passive) To equip with a palisade.