stockade
noun
a defensive barrier consisting of strong posts or timbers fixed upright in the ground.
stockading
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present participleof stockade.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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He had wasted no time stockading huts or seeding patches.
From Time Magazine Archive
The red flames gathered brightness every moment, lighting up two sides of the stockading, in the midst of which the hall stood.
From A Prince of Cornwall A Story of Glastonbury and the West in the Days of Ina of Wessex by Charles W. (Charles Watts) Whistler
We remained here about three months, building and stockading our winter quarters, drilling and doing picket duty, and making occasional raids when we felt sure that the enemy was a safe distance from us.
From A Raw Recruit's War Experiences by Ansel D. Nickerson
The rest of the army were armed with swords and spears, and carried implements for stockading and entrenching.
From On the Irrawaddy A Story of the First Burmese War by William Heysham Overend
The night was very dark, and the wind howled and sang through the stockading, and none seemed to be about the place.
From Wulfric the Weapon Thane by Charles W. (Charles Watts) Whistler
