stockade
/stɑˈkeɪd/
verb
- To surround or protect with a stockade.
- They decided to stockade the entire settlement for safety.
- The pioneers stockaded their camp before nightfall.
- The villagers stockaded the well to keep it from being poisoned.
noun
- A barrier or fence made of strong wooden posts or stakes, built for defense or to keep people or animals in or out.
- The farmer erected a stockade to keep the deer out of his vegetable garden.
- The settlers built a tall stockade around their village to protect against attacks.
- The old fort still has its original wooden stockade standing.
- A military prison or a place where prisoners are held temporarily.
- The soldier was confined to the stockade for breaking curfew.
- The prisoners in the stockade were allowed out for one hour each day.
- They built a small stockade near the base to hold captured enemies.