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stockade - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
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Noun
stockade (plural stockades)
- (military) An enclosure protected by a wall of wooden posts.
- (colloquial) A military prison.
Verb
stockade (third-person singular simple present stockades, present participle stockading, simple past and past participle stockaded)
- (transitive) To enclose in a stockade.
Etymology
From French estocade, equivalent to stock + -ade.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˌstɒˈkeɪd/
- Audio (Southern England): 🔊
- (US) enPR: stä’kādʹ, IPA: /ˌstɑˈkeɪd/
- Rhymes: -eɪd
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