stockade

stɒˈkeɪd

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Definition of stockade - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

defense

TECH.

enclosure with wooden posts for defense

TECH.

The soldiers built a stockade around the camp.

barricade

fortification

palisade

prison

TECH.

place of confinement for prisoners

TECH.

The captured soldiers were held in a stockade..

jail

prison

Verb

tr.

fortification

TECH.

build a tall wooden fence around an area for protection

TECH.

The soldiers were ordered to stockade the perimeter.

barricade

enclose

fortify

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enclosure with wooden posts for defense
place of confinement for prisoners

Origin of stockade

French, estocade (stabbing) + Spanish, estacada (fence)

Terms with stockade included in their meaning

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bullpen

guarded enclosure

military prison or its enclosing stockade

Southern Cross

historical flag

the flag flown at the Eureka Stockade

kraal

architecture

rural village of huts surrounded by a stockade

Examples of stockade in a sentence

A stockade was erected to protect the settlers.
The deserters were thrown into the stockade.
The stockade was overcrowded with prisoners.
They decided to stockade the camp for safety.
Villagers helped to stockade the settlement.

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French:palissade, fortifier, ...
German:Palisade, befestigen, ...
Italian:palisata, fortificare, ...
Spanish:empalizada, empalizar, ...
Portuguese:paliçada, fortificar, ...
Chinese:围栏, 建造栅栏, ...
Japanese:柵, ストックadeで強化する, ...
Arabic:سياج خشبي, سَوَّرَ, ...
Hebrew:מִצְדָּה, לְבַצֵּר, ...
Russian:частокол, укреплять, ...
Ukrainian:частокіл, зводити частокіл, ...
Hindi:बाड़ा, बाड़ा बनाना, ...
Bengali:কাঠের বেড়া, স্টকেড করা, ...
Catalan:palis, fortificar, ...
Czech:palisáda, opevnit palisádou, ...
Danish:palisade, palisadere, ...
Dutch:palissade, omheinen, ...
Greek:οχυρό, οχυρώνω, ...
Hungarian:palánk, bekeríteni, ...
Khmer:របងបង្គោលឈើការពារ, សង់របងឈើការពារ, ...
Korean:목책, 요새화하다, ...
Persian:حصار چوبی, استحکام بخشید, ...
Polish:palisada, otoczyć palisadą, ...
Portuguese (BR):paliçada, fortificar, ...
Romanian:baricadă, a fortifica, ...
Swedish:palissad, bygga en palissad, ...
Thai:รั้วล้อม, สร้างรั้วไม้, ...
Turkish:palisade, istihkamla güçlendirmek, ...
Vietnamese:hàng rào, xây dựng hàng rào, ...

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