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He had wasted no time stockading huts or seeding patches.

From Time Magazine Archive

Even the women had been compelled to labour in the work of stockading, and the sufferings of all had been terrible.

From On the Irrawaddy A Story of the First Burmese War by Overend, William Heysham

Maha Nemiow had moved directly upon Prome; advancing slowly, and constantly stockading himself.

From On the Irrawaddy A Story of the First Burmese War by Overend, William Heysham

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 Overend, William Heysham

The pioneers had been sent up, and we commenced intrenching and stockading the hill round the huts, which were in number about twenty.

From Memoirs of the Extraordinary Military Career of John Shipp Late a Lieut. in His Majesty's 87th Regiment by Shipp, John