stockade

[ sto-keyd ]

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.

verb (used with object)

, stock·ad·ed, stock·ad·ing.

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

stockade

/ stɒˈkeɪd /

noun

1. an enclosure or barrier of stakes and timbers
2. a military prison or detention area

verb

1. tr to surround with a stockade

Word History and Origins

Origin of stockade¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of stockade¹

C17: from Spanish estacada, from estaca a stake, post, of Germanic origin; see stake ¹

Example Sentences

A Look at Nashville’s History Nashville was first established as a settlement along the banks of the Cumberland river in 1779, when a band of pioneers led by Englishman James Robertson first cleared the land and built a stockade.

From No Straight News

It was Korea, and I served three years—half of it in the stockade.

From The Daily Beast

I lay against a corner of the stockade seat, listening to the wind whispering and to the ceaseless drip-drip of the trees.

From Project Gutenberg

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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