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stockade

🇬🇧 UK/stɒ'keid/🇺🇸 US
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Definitions

n.

A defensive enclosure made of upright wooden posts; a military prison.

木栅栏；围栏；军事监狱

v.

To surround or fortify with a wall of wooden posts.

用栅栏围住

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
stockstem
+
adeact, product
=stockade

Common Collocations

  • 1.military stockade军事监狱
  • 2.build a stockade建造木栅栏
  • 3.wooden stockade木制围栏
  • 4.[stockade fence]栅栏围墙

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The soldiers built a stockade around the camp to protect against enemy attacks.

  • 2.

    The prisoner was held in the military stockade awaiting his court-martial.

  • 3.

    Early settlers constructed a sturdy stockade to defend their frontier village.

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