stockade
noun
a defensive barrier consisting of strong posts or timbers fixed upright in the ground.
had stockaded
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past perfectof stockade.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The Burmahs had stockaded themselves about seven miles from Rangoon, and it was determined to dislodge them.
From Olla Podrida by Frederick Marryat
