stockade

(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

Origin: 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, stockading

to surround, protect, or fortify with a stockade

See stockade in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. A defensive barrier made of strong posts or timbers driven upright side by side into the ground.
  2. a. A similar fenced or enclosed area, especially one used for protection.
    b. A jail on a military base.
transitive verb stock·ad·ed, stock·ad·ing, stock·ades
To fortify, protect, or surround with a stockade.

Origin:

Origin: Obsolete French estacade, estocade

Origin: , from Spanish estacada

Origin: , from estaca, stake

Origin: , of Germanic origin

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