Stockade

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A defensive barrier made of strong posts or timbers driven upright side by side into the ground.
  • n. A similar fenced or enclosed area, especially one used for protection.
  • n. A jail on a military base.
  • v. To fortify, protect, or surround with a stockade.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. an enclosure protected by a wall of wooden posts
  • n. a military prison
  • v. To enclose in a stockade.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. 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.
  • n. An inclosure, or pen, made with posts and stakes.
  • v. To surround, fortify, or protect with a stockade.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In fortification, a fence or barrier constructed by planting upright in the ground timber, piles, or trunks of trees, so as to inclose an area which is to be defended.
  • n. An inclosure or pen made with posts and stakes.
  • n. In hydraulic engineering, a row of piles serving as a breakwater, or to protect an embankment.
  • To encompass or fortify with posts or piles fixed in the ground.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. surround with a stockade in order to fortify
  • n. fortification consisting of a fence made of a line of stout posts set firmly for defense
  • n. a penal camp where political prisoners or prisoners of war are confined (usually under harsh conditions)
  • Verb Form
    stockaded    stockades    stockading   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    fence    palisade    fence in    surround    wall    fortification    munition   
    Variant
    stoccade   
    Form
    stockaded    stockading   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    palisade    breastwork    barricade    corral    rampart    blockhouse    bastion    fortification    redoubt    scaffolding