Synonyms for stockade
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : sto-keyd |
| Phonetic Transcription : stɒˈkeɪd |
Top 10 synonyms for stockade Other synonyms for the word stockade
Définition of stockade
Origin :- 1610s, "a barrier of stakes," from Spanish estacada, from estaca "stake," from a Germanic source (cf. Old English staca, see stake (n.1)). Meaning "prison, especially on a military post" first recorded 1865.
- noun enclosure; jail
- We then made a lodgment on the side of the mount near the stockade.
- Extract from : « A Sketch of the Life of Brig. Gen. Francis Marion » by William Dobein James
- He said the men were rebuilding the stockade and getting in the harvest.
- Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
- They saw that the brush had been cut from the ground outside the stockade, as if for battle.
- Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
- With this they were to surmount the stockade and gain the open.
- Extract from : « Captain Blood » by Rafael Sabatini
- Over the stockade and the Rajah's buildings Brown saw their lights on the water.
- Extract from : « Lord Jim » by Joseph Conrad
- That relation of his, Si-Lapa by name, was then with Doramin in the stockade only a few feet away.
- Extract from : « Lord Jim » by Joseph Conrad
- And, indeed, if they had been short he would have been too anxious to send food into the stockade had he been able.
- Extract from : « A Set of Six » by Joseph Conrad
- His presentment at the arched loophole in his stockade was formidable.
- Extract from : « They of the High Trails » by Hamlin Garland
- Ningrat was spirited away by Tengga's men into their master's stockade.
- Extract from : « The Rescue » by Joseph Conrad
- Immada has been to see Belarab's women and stopped two nights in the stockade.
- Extract from : « The Rescue » by Joseph Conrad
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