STOCKADE
\stˈɒke͡ɪd], \stˈɒkeɪd], \s_t_ˈɒ_k_eɪ_d]\
Definitions of STOCKADE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a penal camp where political prisoners or prisoners of war are confined (usually under harsh conditions)
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fortification consisting of a fence made of a line of stout posts set firmly for defense
By Princeton University
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a penal camp where political prisoners or prisoners of war are confined (usually under harsh conditions)
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fortification consisting of a fence made of a line of stout posts set firmly for defense
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A line of stout posts or timbers set firmly in the earth in contact with each other (and usually with loopholes) to form a barrier, or defensive fortification.
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An inclosure, or pen, made with posts and stakes.
By Oddity Software
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A line of posts or trunks of trees set firmly in the earth and close together, often with loopholes, and used as a barrier for defense or an inclosure for cattle.
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To surround with, or defend by, such a barrier.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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A line of posts or stakes set as a fence or barrier; an enclosure for cattle.
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To fortify with sharpened posts fixed in the ground.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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