1
: a line of stout posts set firmly to form a defense
2
a
: an enclosure or pen made with posts and stakes
b
: an enclosure in which prisoners are kept
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Noun
prisoners of war confined in a stockade
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Noun
The first was named after the legislature of the Texas Republic, although the first capitol, a log structure tucked behind a defensive stockade, rose not on Congress, but at West Eighth and Colorado streets.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 3 Sep. 2024
Buildings that were part of the stockade were then dismantled, and the wood planks were reused to build homes located throughout Marietta.
—Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 15 July 2024
Verb
Epstein spent 13 months in the Palm Beach County stockade during 2008-09 as part of a plea deal widely criticized as being too lenient.
—Skyler Swisher, sun-sentinel.com, 10 May 2021
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“Stockade.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stockade. Accessed 29 May. 2025.
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stockade
1 of 2 noun
stock·ade
stä-ˈkād 
1
: a line of stout posts set firmly to form a defense
2
a
: an enclosure or pen made with posts and stakes
b
: an enclosure in which prisoners are kept
stockade
2 of 2 verb
stockaded; stockading
: to protect or surround with a stockade
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