stockade

/stɒˈkeɪd/ (bre, ipa) · /stɑːˈkeɪd/ (ame, ipa) · /stä-ˈkād/ (ame, mw)

stockade — noun

  • stockadesingular
  • stockadesplural

1. a strong wall of thick wooden posts put around a place to protect it from attack

1.名詞C2
釋義

a strong wall of thick wooden posts put around a place to protect it from attack

例句

Hassan helped build a stockade around the small fort before winter.

build a stockade around a place for defence

The villagers waited behind the stockade when the riders approached.

同義詞
  • palisade

    more formal historical word for a defensive wall of stakes or posts

  • fence

    broader everyday word that does not necessarily suggest defence

  • barrier

    very general term for anything that blocks movement

文法句型

build a stockade

behind the stockade

inside the stockade

用法筆記

Usually refers to a historical or military defensive barrier made from upright wooden posts. In modern everyday English, people more often say 'fence' unless the defensive purpose matters.

常見錯誤

❌They built a stockade with wire around the field.
✅They built a wire fence around the field.
💡A stockade is specifically a heavy barrier made from wooden posts, not ordinary wire fencing.

2. an enclosed camp or guarded area where prisoners are kept

2.名詞C2
釋義

an enclosed camp or guarded area where prisoners are kept

例句

The captured scouts were held in the stockade until dawn.

held in the stockade = kept as prisoners

Mauricio carried water to the men locked inside the stockade.

同義詞
  • prison camp

    clearer modern expression for a camp where prisoners are confined

  • compound

    can mean any enclosed area, so it is broader and less specific

  • jail

    common everyday word for a place where prisoners are kept, without the camp setting

文法句型

held in the stockade

escape from the stockade

inside the stockade

用法筆記

This sense is mainly found in historical or military writing. The focus is the enclosed place where prisoners are confined, not the wooden wall itself.

stockade — verb