palisa

The semantic space of palisa contains things all things that are longer than they are wide that are not flexible enough to be bended significantly. any palisa will resist bending and either break or only bend slightly under significant pressure. If a palisa is looked at from a different perspective where there is enough power to bend it, it might not firmly sit within palisa's semantic space. A good test that works most of the time is to check to see if it’s flexible enough to be bent into a 0 degree angle or if it’s flexible enough to be tied in a knot, if it is, then it’s probably not a palisa.

Taughtness is an interesting thing to think about with palisa. I used to sail a lot, and some ropes (lines, we called them) were always taught and effectively served the same function as any poles we could grab onto. These were called "shrouds," and I would definitely have used palisa to describe them, even though in their relaxed form they would be as pliable as any rope. So when something becomes reliably taught enough, you can use "palisa" to describe it.