stockade
stockade Lexical Profile
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• noun
A barrier or defensive enclosure constructed from upright wooden posts or stakes driven side by side into the ground.
"Archaeologists uncovered the remains of a wooden stockade that once surrounded the colonial trading post."
A military prison or detention facility, originally one surrounded by a barrier of upright posts.
"The historical tour included a visit to the old base stockade, which now serves as a museum."
• verb
To enclose, fortify, or protect a place with a barrier of upright wooden posts or stakes.
"The early settlers decided to stockade the perimeter of the village before winter arrived."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the early 17th century from French estocade, an alteration of Spanish estacada ('fence of stakes'), from estaca ('stake'), which is ultimately of Germanic origin and cognate with English stake.