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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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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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