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

He talked back to Naval superiors when he served during World War II and got tossed in the stockade.

From Washington Post • Apr. 25, 2023

Sr. recalls he started writing when he was in the stockade during the army.

From Salon • Dec. 2, 2022

The French counterattacked, defeating him at a hastily built stockade near Great Meadows, Pennsylvania.

From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen