stockade

From French estocade, equivalent to stock +‎ -ade.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌstɒˈkeɪd/

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• (US) enPR: stä'kādʹ, IPA^(key): /ˌstɑˈkeɪd/
• Rhymes: -eɪd

stockade (plural stockades)

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

• estacade
• stake

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

1. (transitive) To enclose in a stockade.

• Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “stockade”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

stockade

1. past indicative of stocka