† paliser Obs.
Also palliser, palesser, -aser.
[f. palis n. + -er.]
a. A maker of palings or fences. b. One who has charge of a park.
| [1368–9 Durham Acc. Rolls (Surtees) 575 Palicero de Mugleswyk et Joh'i Rogerson custodientibus duas portas parci ibidem.] 1442 in Willis & Clark Cambridge (1886) I. 387 Thomas Combe paliser..to make the pale of the closure of the college. 1536–7 Durham Acc. Rolls (Surtees) 703 Jacobo Foster, palaser de Beaurpark. |