Definition of: stockade

(sto·kād′) noun
1. A line of stout posts, stakes, etc., set upright in the earth to form a fence or barrier; also, the area thus enclosed.
2. Specifically, a strong, high barrier of upright posts, stakes, etc., formerly used by American settlers as a defense against Indians.
3. A break-water of piling, as for protecting a pier.
—v.t. ·ad·ed, ·ad·ing To surround or fortify with a stockade. [<OF estocade, estacade <estaque a stake <Gmc.]