Webster's English Dictionary

Enter the word to look up:

stockade

1. stock.ade \sta:-'ka-d\ n [Sp estacade, fr. estaca stake, pale, of Gmc 
   origin; akin to OE ]staca stake 1: a line of stout posts set firmly to form 
   a defense  2a: an enclosure or pen made with posts and stakes  2b: an 
   enclosure in which prisoners are kept 
2. stockade vt : to fortify or surround with a stockade