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

“It was like you’d gone back into the stockade and you could shut the gate and get on with the work.”

From Los Angeles Times

Rejecting a First Amendment challenge, the court upheld Private Wilson’s conviction and sentence to four months in the stockade, a bad-conduct discharge, and other penalties.

From Salon

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

Most of us do not want to see an ex-president pilloried or put in the stockade, literally or metaphorically.

From Salon

It needs foreign aid to replenish its stockades and help even the odds.

From Seattle Times