I. (ˈ)stä|kād noun
( -s )
Etymology: Spanish estacada, from estaca stake, pale (of Germanic origin; akin to Old English staca stake) + -ada -ade (from Late Latin -ata ) — more at stake
1.
a. : a line of stout posts or timbers set firmly in the earth in contact with each other, usually furnished with loopholes, and designed to form a barrier or defensive fortification
b. : a floating barrier of trees chained together to protect a pontoon bridge from floating objects
2.
a. : an enclosure or pen made with posts and stakes
b. : an enclosure usually surrounded by barbed wire in which prisoners are kept
3. : piling that serves as a breakwater
II. transitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
: to surround, fortify, or protect with a stockade