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stock·ade (stŏ-kād')  |
[Obsolete French estacade, estocade, from Spanish estacada, from estaca, stake, of Germanic origin.]
| Architecture: stockade |
A defensive barrier; logs or timbers driven into the ground to form an enclosure.
| Archaeology Dictionary: stockade |
An enclosure boundary or fence formed using upright posts or planks set in a slot in the ground and perhaps fixed together at a higher level for additional strength.
| Word Tutor: stockade |
My grandfather spent two years in a stockade during the war.
| Wikipedia: Stockade |
A stockade is an enclosure of palisades and tall walls made of logs placed side by side vertically with the tops sharpened to provide security.
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Stockade fortifications were simple forms of defense of military camps or settlements, used since ancient Roman times and earlier. The troops or settlers would build a stockade by clearing a space of woodland and using the trees whole or chopped in half, with one end sharpened on each. They would dig a narrow trench around the area, and stand the sharpened logs side-by-side inside it, encircling the perimeter. Sometimes they would add additional defense by placing sharpened sticks in a shallow secondary trench outside the stockade. In colder regions, sometimes the stockade received a coating of clay or mud that would make the crude wall wind-proof.
Builders could also place stones or thick mud layers at the foot of the stockade, improving the resistance of the wall. From that the defenders could, if they had the materials, raise a stone or brick wall inside the stockade, creating a more permanent defense while working protected.
The word stockade also refers to a jail in an army camp, and in some cases, even a crude prison camp or a slave camp. In these cases, the stockade keeps people inside, rather than out.
Nowadays, stockade walls are often used as garden fencing, made of finished planks more useful for privacy and decoration than security.
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| Translations: Stockade |
Dansk (Danish)
n. - fængsel, palisade, plankeværk, pæleværk
v. tr. - befæste med palisader
Nederlands (Dutch)
schutting, omheining, hok
Français (French)
n. - palissade, (US) prison militaire
v. tr. - entourer d'une palissade
Deutsch (German)
n. - Palisade
v. - einpfählen
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - πασσαλόπηγμα, πασσαλοφράκτης, πασσαλόφρακτο οχυρό, (στρατ.) πειθαρχείο
v. - φράζω ή προστατεύω με πασσαλόπηγμα, (στρατ.) εγκλείω σε πειθαρχείο
Italiano (Italian)
palizzata, staccionata, prigione militare, cingere con palizzata
Português (Portuguese)
n. - estacada (f)
Русский (Russian)
частокол, укрепление, каторжная тюрьма
Español (Spanish)
n. - empalizada, estacada, valla
v. tr. - empalizar, fortificar o proteger con vallas
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - palissad, pålverk
v. - omge med palissader
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
栅栏, 用木栅围住地方, 用栅栏围住, 用栅栏防卫
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 柵欄, 用木柵圍住地方
v. tr. - 用柵欄圍住, 用柵欄防衛
한국어 (Korean)
n. - 방책, (말뚝을 둘러친)울, 영창
v. tr. - ~에 목책을 둘러치다
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 防御柵, 柵で囲まれた場所, 軍刑務所
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) جدار دفاعي شبي (فعل) يحصن
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - גדר-כלונסאות, קיר מגן
v. tr. - הגן, ביצר (בקיר מגן)
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