stockade
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French estocade, equivalent to stock + -ade.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌstɒˈkeɪd/
Audio (UK) (file)
- (US) enPR: stä'kādʹ, IPA(key): /ˌstɑˈkeɪd/
- Rhymes: -eɪd
Noun[edit]
stockade (plural stockades)
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
an enclosure protected by a wall of wooden posts
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a military prison (colloquial)
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Verb[edit]
stockade (third-person singular simple present stockades, present participle stockading, simple past and past participle stockaded)
- (transitive) To enclose in a stockade.
Further reading[edit]
- “stockade” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2021.