Meanings
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1
noun
a defensive fence or barrier made from a line of stout upright posts
The soldiers reinforced the stockade before nightfall.
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2
noun
an enclosure, especially a prison or military camp, surrounded by such a barrier
The captured scouts were held inside a guarded stockade.
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3
verb
to surround or fortify a place with a barrier of upright posts
The settlers stockaded the compound against attack.
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Etymology
From French estacade, from Spanish estacada, 'a fence or palisade,' from estaca, 'stake or post.' The English form was influenced by stock. The barrier sense later extended to enclosures and prison camps bounded by such posts.