stockade
English edit
Etymology edit
From French estocade, equivalent to stock + -ade.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌstɒˈkeɪd/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- (US) enPR: stä'kādʹ, IPA(key): /ˌstɑˈkeɪd/
- Rhymes: -eɪd
Noun edit
stockade (plural stockades)
Related terms edit
Translations edit
an enclosure protected by a wall of wooden posts
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a military prison (colloquial)
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Verb edit
stockade (third-person singular simple present stockades, present participle stockading, simple past and past participle stockaded)
- (transitive) To enclose in a stockade.
Further reading edit
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “stockade”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Swedish edit
Verb edit
stockade
- past indicative of stocka