[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