🪵stockade

noun
/stɒˈkeɪd/

Meaning

a defensive barrier made of strong posts or timbers, often around a fort or prison

Example Sentences

The prisoners were kept inside the wooden stockade.

Synonyms

fortification, enclosure, barricade, fence, palisade

Antonyms

opening, exit

Collocations

wooden stockade, prison stockade, military stockade, stockade fence

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