stockade

American  

[sto-keyd] / stɒˈkeɪd /

noun

1. Fortification. a defensive barrier consisting of strong posts or timbers fixed upright in the ground.

2. an enclosure or pen made with posts and stakes.

3. U.S. Military. a prison for military personnel.

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verb (used with object)

stockaded, stockading

1. to protect, fortify, or encompass with a stockade.

stockade British  

/ stɒˈkeɪd /

noun

1. an enclosure or barrier of stakes and timbers

2. a military prison or detention area

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verb

1. (tr) to surround with a stockade

Etymology

Origin of stockade

1605–15; < Middle French estocade, variant of estacade < Spanish estacada. See stake ¹, -ade ¹

Example Sentences

In the summer of 2008, Epstein began serving his sentence at the Palm Beach County stockade.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

The Times, taking the opposite line, reported that Glenn and another student, Brendon Barr, were adjudged “incorrigible” and clocked in a stockade as a last resort.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 30, 2024

Most of us do not want to see an ex-president pilloried or put in the stockade, literally or metaphorically.

From Salon • Jun. 6, 2024

While in Palm Beach sheriff’s custody, Epstein was allowed to stay in an isolated cell at the county’s minimum-security stockade, where he roamed freely and watched television.

From Seattle Times • May 11, 2023

On foot and swiftly he went up toward the stockade where swine were penned in hundreds, and at night the guardian of the swine, the forester, slept under arms on duty for his masters.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer