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stockade

noun

1 stockade

Fortification consisting of a fence made of a line of stout posts set firmly for defense.

Roget 717: defense, protection, guard, ward; shielding etc. v.; propugnation, preservation etc. 670; guardianship.    area defense; ... show more

2 stockade

A penal camp where political prisoners or prisoners of war are confined (usually under harsh conditions).

synonym: concentration camp.

Dutch: concentratiekamp
Polish: koncentrak, obóz koncentracyjny

verb

1 stockade

Surround with a stockade in order to fortify.


Moby thesaurus: POW camp, abatis, advanced work, balistraria, bank, banquette, barbed-wire entanglement, barbican, barricade, barrier, bartizan, bastille, bastion, battlement, black hole, borstal, borstal institution, breastwork, bridewell, brig ... show more.

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