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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Stockade

/stä'kādʹ/ · Stock·ade · IPA /ˌstɑˈkeɪd/
01 n. A line of stout posts or timbers set firmly in the earth in contact with each other (and usually with loopholes) to form a barrier, or defe…
  1. 1.
    A line of stout posts or timbers set firmly in the earth in contact with each other (and usually with loopholes) to form a barrier, or defensive fortification.(Mil.)
  2. 2.
    An inclosure, or pen, made with posts and stakes.
02 v. t. To surround, fortify, or protect with a stockade.
imp. & p. p. Stockaded; p. pr. & vb. n. Stockading
  1. 1.
    To surround, fortify, or protect with a stockade.