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Webster 1913 Edition

Stockade

Stock-ade′

,
Noun.
[F.
estacade
stockade, boom (confused in French with
estocade
; see 1st
Stoccado
); fr. It.
steccata
a palisade (influenced by OF.
estach
,
estaque
, a stake, post), or from Sp.
estacada
a palisade; both of German origin, and akin to E.
stake
,
stick
; cf. G.
stecken
stick, OHG.
steccho
. See
Stake
,
Noun.
,
Stick
,
Noun.
&
Verb.
T.
, and cf.
Estacade
,
Stacket
.]
1.
(Mil.)
A line of stout posts or timbers set firmly in the earth in contact with each other (and usually with loopholes) to form a barrier, or defensive fortification.
[Written also
stoccade
.]
2.
An inclosure, or pen, made with posts and stakes.

Stock-ade′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Stockaded
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Stockading
.]
To surround, fortify, or protect with a stockade.

Webster 1828 Edition

Stockade

STOCKADE

,
Noun.
[See Stoccade.]
1.
In fortification, a sharpened post or stake set in the earth.
2.
A line of posts or stakes set in the earth as a fence or barrier.

STOCKADE

,
Verb.
T.
TO surround or fortify with sharpened posts fixed in the ground.

Definition 2024

stockade

stockade

English

Noun

stockade ‎(plural stockades)

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

Translations

Verb

stockade ‎(third-person singular simple present stockades, present participle stockading, simple past and past participle stockaded)

  1. (transitive) To enclose in a stockade.

Pronunciation

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