noun
stockade
sto-KAYD
noun
1
A defensive fence or enclosure made of upright wooden posts.
"The settlers built a stockade to keep out wild animals."
2
A military prison.
"The soldier was sent to the stockade for going absent without leave."
How to Use Stockade
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA wall or fence made of stakes for defense, or (in military slang) a prison.
Common pairings
build a stockade
thrown in the stockade
Word Forms
stockaded past tense, stockades plural, stockades singular
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Etymology
From French estocade, related to "stock" (in the sense of a wooden post) plus the suffix "-ade."