paling

Pointed wooden barrier

A paling is a wooden stake or slat, especially one in a fence.

The word usually appears in the plural, where palings refers either to the individual stakes or to a fence made of them: The garden was enclosed by wooden palings.

A paling fence consists of vertical boards with gaps between them.

fence

picket

Pointed fence stake

stakeSharpened post or share
slatNarrow wooden strip
woodenMade from timber

post · railing · vertical · barrier · enclosure · boundary · garden · yard · upright · pointed

fading

whitening

Making something lighter

blanchingBriefly boiling then cooling
wanPale and unwell-looking
ashenPale, grayish-white

colorless · bloodless · ghostly · washed-out · sallow · pasty · etiolate · dimming · weakening · lessening

fortification

stockade

Fence of sharpened stakes

barricadeObstacle blocking a path
rampartFortified defensive wall
bulwarkDefensive fortification or safeguard

parapet · defensive · compound · perimeter · garrison · fortified · embankment · battlement · stronghold · bastion

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