Stockade Definition

stŏ-kād
stockaded, stockades, stockading
noun
stockades
A barrier of stakes driven into the ground side by side, for defense against attack.
Webster's New World
An enclosure, as a fort, made with such stakes.
Webster's New World
A similar fenced or enclosed area, especially one used for protection.
American Heritage
An enclosure for military prisoners.
Webster's New World

An enclosure protected by a wall of wooden posts.

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
verb
stockaded, stockades
To surround, protect, or fortify with a stockade.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Stockade

Noun

Singular:
stockade
Plural:
stockades

Origin of Stockade

  • Obsolete French estacade, estocade from Spanish estacada from estaca stake of Germanic origin

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Stockade Sentence Examples

  • A stockade fort was erected on the site of the city in 1808, but was burned in 1813.

  • I had not gone a hundred yards when I reached the stockade.

  • The "rock" was a military stockade and later a maximum security prison.

  • A tract of 162 acres of land near the village was cleared of trees and enclosed with a stockade.

  • The bailey was protected by another wooden stockade and a deep ditch.

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Words Starting With

SSTSTO

Words Ending With

EDEADE

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