stockade
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -eɪd
Noun
stockade (plural stockades)
- an enclosure protected by a wall of wooden posts
- (colloquial) a military prison
Related terms
Translations
an enclosure protected by a wall of wooden posts
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a military prison (colloquial)
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Verb
stockade (third-person singular simple present stockad, present participle ing, simple past and past participle stockaded)
- (transitive) To enclose in a stockade.
Further reading
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “stockade”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.