1
: a line of stout posts set firmly to form a defense
2
a
: an enclosure or pen made with posts and stakes
b
: an enclosure in which prisoners are kept
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Noun
Examples of stockade in a Sentence
Noun
prisoners of war confined in a stockade
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Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 15 July 2024
After his conviction, Mr. Calley was removed from the stockade on Nixon’s orders and confined to his quarters at Fort Benning.
—Adam Bernstein, Washington Post, 29 July 2024
Skyler Swisher, sun-sentinel.com, 10 May 2021
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Noun
Buildings that were part of the stockade were then dismantled, and the wood planks were reused to build homes located throughout Marietta.
—Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 15 July 2024
After his conviction, Mr. Calley was removed from the stockade on Nixon’s orders and confined to his quarters at Fort Benning.
—Adam Bernstein, Washington Post, 29 July 2024
Verb
Epstein spent 13 months in the Palm Beach County stockade during 2008-09 as part of a plea deal widely criticized as being too lenient.
—Skyler Swisher, sun-sentinel.com, 10 May 2021
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“Stockade.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stockade. Accessed 1 Oct. 2024.
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stockade
1 of 2 noun
stock·ade
stä-ˈkād 
1
: a line of stout posts set firmly to form a defense
2
a
: an enclosure or pen made with posts and stakes
b
: an enclosure in which prisoners are kept
stockade
2 of 2 verb
stockaded; stockading
: to protect or surround with a stockade
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