stockade

English

Etymology

French estocade

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌstɒˈkeɪd/
• (US) enPR: stä'kādʹ, IPA^(key): /ˌstɑˈkeɪd/
• Rhymes: -eɪd

Noun

stockade (plural stockades)

1. an enclosure protected by a wall of wooden posts
2. (colloquial) a military prison

Related terms

• estacade

Translations

an enclosure protected by a wall of wooden posts

• Finnish: paalulinnake
• Galician: estacada m
• Irish: sonnach m, bábhún m, pailis f
• Italian: enclave protetta da palizzata f, palizzata (it) f
• Maori: rāihe, pā tūwatawata

• Russian: частоко́л (ru) m (častokól)
• Spanish: estacada (es) f
• Swedish: palissad (sv) c, pålverk n
• Tagalog: pimpin

a military prison (colloquial)

• Belarusian: гауптва́хта f (hauptváxta)
• Finnish: putka (fi)
• Georgian: ჰაუპტვახტი (hauṗṭvaxṭi)
• Italian: prigione militare f, prigione (it) f

• Russian: гауптва́хта (ru) f (gauptváxta), губа́ (ru) f (gubá) (colloquial)
• Ukrainian: гауптва́хта f (hauptváxta)
• Uzbek: gauptvaxta (uz)

Verb

stockade (third-person singular simple present stockades, present participle stockading, simple past and past participle stockaded)

1. (transitive) To enclose in a stockade.