Palisade
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| - | '''Kraal''' (also spelled ''craal'' or ''kraul'') is an [[Afrikaans]] and [[Dutch language|Dutch]] word (also used in [[South African English]]) for an [[pen (enclosure)|enclosure]] for cattle or other livestock, located within an African [[Human settlement|settlement]] or [[village]] surrounded by a fence of thorn-bush branches, a [[palisade]], [[sod|mud]] [[defensive wall|wall]], or other fencing, roughly circular in form. It is similar to a ''[[Boma (enclosure)|boma]]'' in eastern or central Africa. | + | A '''palisade''', sometimes called a '''stakewall''' or a '''paling''', is typically a row of closely placed, high vertical standing tree trunks or wooden or iron stakes used as a [[fence]] for enclosure or as a [[defensive wall]]. Palisades can form a [[stockade]]. |
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| - | In [[Curaçao]], another Dutch colony, the enclosure was called "koraal" which in [[Papiamentu]] is translated "kura" (still in use today for any enclosed terrain, like a garden). | + | |
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| + | *[[Camp crown|Palisado crown]] | ||
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A palisade, sometimes called a stakewall or a paling, is typically a row of closely placed, high vertical standing tree trunks or wooden or iron stakes used as a fence for enclosure or as a defensive wall. Palisades can form a stockade.
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