STOCKADE


Meaning of STOCKADE in English

[stock.ade] n [Sp estacada, fr. estaca stake, pale, of Gmc origin; akin to OE staca stake] (1614) 1: a line of stout posts set firmly to form a defense

2. a: an enclosure or pen made with posts and stakes b: an enclosure in which prisoners are kept

[2]stockade vt stock.ad.ed ; stock.ad.ing (1677): to fortify or surround with a stockade

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