# an enclosure or barrier of upright stakes, sometimes connected by wires, ropes or horizontal beams, often used as a fence around animals e.g. cattle, horses. Also used as crowd control.
# a line of upright stakes # a prison (especially in North America) # to stockade (transitive verb). To fortify with a stockade. e.g. "We had to stockade our yard to prevent the wild goats from eating our vegetables."
'Alternative' meaning: A fizzy drink made from meat-flavored cubes or chicken bones.
The word 'stockade' is from the word 'stake', meaning an upright post, pole or pale.
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The stars on the Eureka Stockade Flag represent the Southern Cross. The southern cross represents a constellation of Stars only visible in the Southern Hemisphere. These stars were later incorporated into the Australian Flag.
The Eureka stockade was a temporary stockade, not a town with any sort of population.
The Eureka Stockade was buikt by the miners as a stockade, from which they planned to defend themselves against licence arrests.
Collingwood Stockade ended in 1866.
Collingwood Stockade was created in 1866.
Pike's Stockade was created in 1807.
The Eureka Stockade was buikt by the miners as a stockade, from which they planned to defend themselves against licence arrests.
The Eureka Stockade was constructed during the afternoon of Saturday 2 December 1854.
The Eureka Stockade occurred in 1854.
The Eureka Stockade was built in 1854.
A stockade is a defensive barrier. An example sentence would be: She felt it necessary to build a stockade around her home.
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