4 entries under this word

Stockade

Stoc-cāde', n.

noun

n. See STOCKADE.

Stoc-cāde', v. t.

verbtransitive

To fortify with sharpened posts. See STOCKADE.

Stock-āde', n.

noun

n. [See STOCCADE.] 1. (Mil.) A line of posts or stakes set in the earth as a fence or barrier; a slight fortification. [Written also stoccade.] 2. An inclosure or pen made with posts and stakes.

A wooden stockade fence made of pointed vertical stakes. — Stockade.

Stock-āde', v. t.

verbtransitive

[imp. & p. p. STOCKADED; p. pr. & vb. n. STOCKADING.] To surround or fortify with sharpened posts fixed in the ground; to protect by means of a stockade.