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[stɒˈkeɪd], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a barrier formed from upright wooden posts or stakes, especially as a defence against attack or as a means of confining animals
(e.g: they built stockades around their towns)
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Origin
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early 17th century: shortening of obsolete French estocade, alteration of estacade, from Spanish estacada, from the Germanic base of the noun stake
[stɒˈkeɪd], (Verb)
Definitions:
- enclose (an area) by erecting a stockade
(e.g: they fortified themselves strongly and stockaded the city)
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Origin
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early 17th century: shortening of obsolete French estocade, alteration of estacade, from Spanish estacada, from the Germanic base of the noun stake
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