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View synonyms for stockade
stockade
[ sto-keyd ]
noun
- Fortification. a defensive barrier consisting of strong posts or timbers fixed upright in the ground.
- an enclosure or pen made with posts and stakes.
- U.S. Military. a prison for military personnel.
verb (used with object)
, stock·ad·ed, stock·ad·ing.
- to protect, fortify, or encompass with a stockade.
stockade
/ stɒˈkeɪd /
noun
- an enclosure or barrier of stakes and timbers
- a military prison or detention area
verb
- tr to surround with a stockade
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of stockade1
C17: from Spanish estacada, from estaca a stake, post, of Germanic origin; see stake 1
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Example Sentences
It was Korea, and I served three years—half of it in the stockade.
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I lay against a corner of the stockade seat, listening to the wind whispering and to the ceaseless drip-drip of the trees.
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I returned alone to the stockade, and for a long time after that kept the fire blazing, and sat up smoking and thinking.
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"We should put a stockade of logs across the neck of land on that side," answered Champlain.
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A stockade half bars the river of Plouernel, and serves as a shelter for the barges of the seigneur.
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We had no form of shelter, and there was no stockade around the camp, only a guard and a dead-line.
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