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stock⋅ade

  [sto-keyd] noun, verb, -ad⋅ed, -ad⋅ing.
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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.
Origin:
1605–15; < MF estocade, var. of estacade < Sp estacada. See stake 1 , -ade 1
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stock·ade   (stŏ-kād')   
n.  

  1. A defensive barrier made of strong posts or timbers driven upright side by side into the ground.

    1. A similar fenced or enclosed area, especially one used for protection.

    2. A jail on a military base.

tr.v.   stock·ad·ed, stock·ad·ing, stock·ades
To fortify, protect, or surround with a stockade.

[Obsolete French estacade, estocade, from Spanish estacada, from estaca, stake, of Germanic origin.]
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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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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