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Stockade
stɒˈkeɪd
Stockade definitions
noun
stockade
stockades
- a barrier formed from upright wooden posts or stakes, especially as a defence against attack or as a means of confining animals
"they built stockades around their towns"
barrier obstacle blockade bar fence obstruction roadblock bulwark stockade rampart palisade hurdle protection defence- an enclosure bound by a stockade
"we got ashore and into the stockade"
- a military prison
"he surrendered two weeks after escaping the stockade at the air force base"
verb
stockade
stockaded
stockades
stockading
- enclose (an area) by erecting a stockade
"they fortified themselves strongly and stockaded the city"