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[ sto-keyd ]
/ stɒˈkeɪd /
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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.

RELATED WORDS

penitentiary, dungeon, pound, barrier, fence, protection, cooler, camp, corral, cell, joint, pen, coop, prison, clink, cage, sty, can, slammer, jailhouse

Nearby words

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  2. stock whip,
  3. stock-in-trade,
  4. stock-route,
  5. stock-still,
  6. stockade fence,
  7. stockbreeder,
  8. stockbreeding,
  9. stockbroker,
  10. stockbroker belt

Origin of stockade

1605–15; < Middle French estocade, variant of estacade < Spanish estacada. See stake1, -ade1
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British Dictionary definitions for stockade

stockade

/ (stɒˈkeɪd) /

noun

an enclosure or barrier of stakes and timbers
US a military prison or detention area

verb

(tr) to surround with a stockade

Word Origin for stockade

C17: from Spanish estacada, from estaca a stake, post, of Germanic origin; see stake 1
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Word Origin and History for stockade

stockade

n.

1610s, "a barrier of stakes," from Spanish estacada, from estaca "stake," from a Germanic source (cf. Old English staca, see stake (n.1)). Meaning "prison, especially on a military post" first recorded 1865.

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