stockade
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7.9
- noun
- /stɑːˈkeɪd/
:
fortificación
- My uncle bade me stay inside the stockade while he went for the paint, saying he had it hidden in a special place.
- stockade wall
And if there was a sort of like, if, if there were Indian raids, everyone would collect at the stockade and defend it.
- And if there was a sort of like, if, if there were Indian raids, everyone would collect at the stockade and defend it.
Examples
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Men and women are inside, swinging closed two huge stockade doors made from tree trunks.
Fiction book (1996) -
At the stockade gate, the guard checked his pass and waved him inside.
Fiction book (1994) -
I passed a war party heading for the stockade.
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The stockade doors at the front of the cave burst open.
Fiction book (1996) -
And if there was a sort of like, if, if there were Indian raids, everyone would collect at the stockade and defend it.
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Did you surround your camp with moat and stockade?
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The bridge was divided along its length by a four-foot stockade fence.
Fiction book (1999) -
That's when he and Poppa built the Stockade to keep them out.
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The Lion Shrine's stockade and wooden tower stood tall and dark above the predawn steppe.
Fiction book (1996) -
The settlers constructed a stockade to protect themselves from attacks by hostile tribes.
Synonyms
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4.8
A barrier put up to block a road or entrance
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6.6
A wall or earth mound built to protect a place from attack
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9.0
A strong fence of upright wooden or metal posts used for protection
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7.2
A fence made of thin upright wooden and metal stakes or one of those stakes
A fence of wooden posts that keeps people or animals out
A fence of strong wooden posts set close together to protect a place
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Etymology
Stockade comes from an old Spanish word estaca meaning 'stake' or 'post'. Think of many wooden stakes placed close together to make a strong fence, which is why a stockade is a defensive barrier.