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Date: 1600-1700
Language: Spanish
Origin: estacada, from estaca 'pointed stick'

stockade

 noun
     
Related topics: Defence
stock‧ade [countable usually singular]
PMD a fence built from long thick pieces of wood pushed into the ground, used to defend a place
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