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stock·ade (stä kād′)

noun

  1. a barrier of stakes driven into the ground side by side, for defense against attack
  2. ☆ an enclosure, as a fort, made with such stakes
  3. ☆ an enclosure for military prisoners

Etymology: Fr estacade (also estocade, by assoc. with OFr estoc, trunk, log < Frank *stock, akin to Ger stock: see stock) < Prov estacado < estaca, post, stake < Gmc base akin to stake

transitive verb stockaded -·ad′ed, stockading -·ad′·ing

to surround, protect, or fortify with a stockade

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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