stockade

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Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˌstɒˈkeɪd/
• (America) enPR: stä'kādʹ, IPA: /ˌstɑˈkeɪd/

Noun

stockade (plural stockades)

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

Related terms

• estacade
• stake

Translations

• German: Einfriedung aus Palisaden, Palisadeneinfriedung, Palisadenmauer, Palisade
• Italian: enclave protetta da palizzata, palizzata
• Russian: частоко́л
• Spanish: estacada

Translations

• Italian: prigione militare, prigione
• Russian: гауптва́хта

Verb

stockade (stockades, present participle stockading; past and past participle stockaded)

1. (transitive) To enclose in a stockade.

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