STOCKADE

I. noun Etymology: Spanish estacada, from estaca stake, pale, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English staca stake Date: 1614 a line of stout posts set firmly to form a defense, 2. an enclosure or pen made with posts and stakes, an enclosure in which prisoners are kept, II. transitive verb (~d; stockading) Date: 1677 to fortify or surround with a ~