stockade

English

Etymology

From French estocade, equivalent to stock +‎ -ade.

Pronunciation
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌstɒˈkeɪd/
    • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • (US) enPR: stä'kādʹ, IPA(key): /ˌstɑˈkeɪd/
  • Rhymes: -eɪd

Noun

stockade (plural stockades)

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

Translations

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To enclose in a stockade.

Further reading

Swedish

Verb

stockade

  1. past indicative of stocka
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