stockade

[ sto-keyd ]

noun

1. Fortification. a defensive barrier consisting of strong posts or timbers fixed upright in the ground.
2. an enclosure or pen made with posts and stakes.
3. U.S. Military. a prison for military personnel.

verb (used with object)

, stock·ad·ed, stock·ad·ing.

1. to protect, fortify, or encompass with a stockade.

stockade

/ stɒˈkeɪd /

noun

1. an enclosure or barrier of stakes and timbers
2. a military prison or detention area

verb

1. tr to surround with a stockade

Word History and Origins

Origin of stockade¹

1605–15; < Middle French estocade, variant of estacade < Spanish estacada. See stake ¹, -ade ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of stockade¹

C17: from Spanish estacada, from estaca a stake, post, of Germanic origin; see stake ¹

Example Sentences

Most of us do not want to see an ex-president pilloried or put in the stockade, literally or metaphorically.

From Salon

You can put Trump in a military stockade.

From Salon

It needs foreign aid to replenish its stockades and help even the odds.

From Seattle Times

And then several hundred men who had called for the work stoppage that was bottling up ships in the harbor were rounded up and held without bail in a specially built “stockade.”

From Los Angeles Times

While in Palm Beach sheriff’s custody, Epstein was allowed to stay in an isolated cell at the county’s minimum-security stockade, where he roamed freely and watched television.

From Seattle Times