palisades
Riverside bluff line
Palisades are a row of wooden stakes or iron railings set in the ground to form a fence or defensive barrier.
The term also describes a line of steep cliffs, especially those rising along a river or coastline: The Hudson River palisades are a dramatic sight from Manhattan.
The plural suggests a continuous formation rather than a single point. (Capitalized Palisades often refers to specific geographic features or place names.)
Confined, bordered space
- perimeterShape's outer edge length
- partitionBarrier separating spaces
- wallVertical enclosing structure
- fenceBoundary structure between properties
border · demarcation · divider · corral · compound · containment · defensive · protective
enclosure
Confined, bordered space
- perimeterShape's outer edge length
- partitionBarrier separating spaces
- wallVertical enclosing structure
fence · border · demarcation · divider · corral · compound · containment · defensive · protective · surrounding
escarpment
Steep slope dividing elevations
ledge · ridge · rockface · outcrop · promontory · butte · tor · mesa · pinnacle · sheer
- bordersborder, boundary, border crossing, national borders, boundary line
- fortificationsfort, fortress, fortresses, citadel, citadels
- microbiologybacteria, bacterium, microbe, microbes, microorganisms
- military historybattles, soldiers, campaigns, officers, battlefields
- Revolutionary FortsWest Point, Saratoga, Fort Lee, redoubts, earthworks
- Roman fortsfort, fortress, frontier fort, military camp, stone fort