stockade
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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.
verb (used with object)
4.
to protect, fortify, or encompass with a stockade.
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| —n | |
| 1. | an enclosure or barrier of stakes and timbers |
| 2. | (US) a military prison or detention area |
| —vb | |
| 3. | (tr) to surround with a stockade |
| [C17: from Spanish estacada, from estaca a stake, post, of Germanic origin; see | |
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Word Origin & History
stockade
1614, "a barrier of stakes," from Sp. estacada, from estaca "stake," from a Gmc. source (cf. O.E. staca, see stake (1)). Meaning "prison, especially on a military post" first recorded 1865.
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Example sentences
The palisaded stockade and other buildings, built of wood except for the brick magazines, have long since disappeared.
The date the stockade fence was erected around the house is also unclear.
After burying the dead, the next day the troops set about erecting a stockade.
Notice the entrance to the village through a narrow space formed by overlapping ends of the stockade wall.
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