Meaning Stockade
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StockadeA line of tall stout posts securely set either as a defense, to keep the enemy out, or as a pen to keep prisoners in. See image »
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Stockade1610s, "a barrier of stakes," a nativization of Spanish estacada, from estaca "stake," from a Germanic source cognate with Old English staca, see stake (n.1)). Meaning "milita [..]
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StockadeA wall of timber, often with loopholes for musket fire. Same as palisade.
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Stockade(n) fortification consisting of a fence made of a line of stout posts set firmly for defense(v) surround with a stockade in order to fortify(n) a penal camp where political prisoners or prisoners of w [..]
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Stockadeenclosure of posts used for fortification or to control entry
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Stockade
an enclosure protected by a wall of wooden posts
(colloquial) a military prison
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