stockade

Plural: stockades

Noun

• fortification consisting of a fence made of a line of stout posts set firmly for defense
• a penal camp where political prisoners or prisoners of war are confined (usually under harsh conditions)
• An enclosure protected by a wall of wooden posts.
• A military prison.

Verb

Verb Forms: stockaded, stockading, stockades

• To enclose or fortify with a fence of upright posts.
• surround with a stockade in order to fortify
• To enclose in a stockade.

Examples

• He attempted to stockade his opponent’s access to the triple-word score.

Synonyms

concentration camp

Related Words

estacade, stake

Anagrams of stockade