Pale

pal, n. A pointed stake driven into the ground and fastened to a rail at the top; a picket; an inclosing boundary; limit; fence; space inclosed inclosure limited territory. {Her.) One of the greater ordinaries, being a broad, perpendicular stripe in an escutcheon, equally distant from the 2 edges, and occupying l-3d of — v. To inclose with pales or stakes to encompa . [F. pal, pal is, L. pal us, fr. pangere, to fasten: see Pact impale, pole.] — Paling, n. Pales in general; a fence formed with an inclosure. — Pal'isade', pal T-sad n. Es A strong stake, whose lower end set ly in the ground, the other sharpened a fence formed of such stakes. — v. To surround, inclose, or fortify with, etc. [F. pali ade, a palisade, pali er, to palisade.]