stockade

/stɔ'keid/

Thân thiện

A tall wooden stockade surrounds the old fort.

Definition

1. Noun:

   • A defensive barrier: A stockade is a fortification consisting of a line of strong, upright posts or stakes set firmly in the ground to form a defensive wall or enclosure.
   • A place of confinement: A stockade can also refer to a prison or penal camp, often a temporary one, where prisoners (such as prisoners of war or political prisoners) are held, typically under harsh conditions.

2. Verb:

   • To fortify with a stockade: To stockade means to surround or enclose an area with a defensive fence or wall made of stout posts.

Usage Examples

• Noun (Defensive barrier):

  • The settlers built a wooden stockade around their small village for protection.
  • The fort's perimeter was secured by a tall stockade.

• Noun (Place of confinement):

  • The captured soldiers were held in a makeshift stockade.
  • Conditions in the old military stockade were notoriously severe.

• Verb:

  • They decided to stockade the camp before nightfall.
  • The army stockaded the area to prevent escapes.

Advanced Usage

• "To be put/held in the stockade": This phrase specifically refers to being imprisoned in a military prison or guardhouse.
  • The disobedient soldier was thrown in the stockade for insubordination.

Variants and Related Words

• Stockaded (adj): Describing an area that has been enclosed by a stockade.
  • The stockaded compound was impenetrable from the outside.

Synonyms

• Noun (Barrier): Palisade, fence, enclosure, barrier, bulwark.
• Noun (Prison): Prison camp, internment camp, compound, lockup, brig (naval/military context).
• Verb: Fortify, enclose, fence in, palisade.

Related Phrases

• Stockade fence: A type of fence constructed in the manner of a stockade, with vertical posts placed side-by-side.
  • They installed a stockade fence for backyard privacy.

Học thuật

Noun

1. a penal camp where political prisoners or prisoners of war are confined (usually under harsh conditions)
2. fortification consisting of a fence made of a line of stout posts set firmly for defense

Verb

1. surround with a stockade in order to fortify

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• concentration camp