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stockade
[ sto-keyd ]
noun
- Fortification. a defensive barrier consisting of strong posts or timbers fixed upright in the ground.
- an enclosure or pen made with posts and stakes.
- U.S. Military. a prison for military personnel.
verb (used with object)
stockaded, stockading.
- to protect, fortify, or encompass with a stockade.
stockade
/ ɒˈɪ /
noun
- an enclosure or barrier of stakes and timbers
- a military prison or detention area
verb
- tr to surround with a stockade
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51Թ History and Origins
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of stockade1
C17: from Spanish estacada, from estaca a stake, post, of Germanic origin; see stake 1
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Rejecting a First Amendment challenge, the court upheld Private Wilson’s conviction and sentence to four months in the stockade, a bad-conduct discharge, and other penalties.
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The Times, taking the opposite line, reported that Glenn and another student, Brendon Barr, were adjudged “incorrigible” and clocked in a stockade as a last resort.
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Most of us do not want to see an ex-president pilloried or put in the stockade, literally or metaphorically.
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You can put Trump in a military stockade.
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It needs foreign aid to replenish its stockades and help even the odds.
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